diff --git a/lua/base46/color_vars.lua b/lua/base46/color_vars.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4db6c84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/base46/color_vars.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+local opts = require("nvconfig").base46
+local str = ""
+local colors = require("base46.themes." .. opts.theme).base_30
+
+for name, hex in pairs(colors) do
+  str = str .. name .. "='" .. hex
+  str = str .. "',"
+end
+
+str = "return {" .. str .. "}"
+
+return str
diff --git a/lua/base46/init.lua b/lua/base46/init.lua
index 00796ee7..17854645 100644
--- a/lua/base46/init.lua
+++ b/lua/base46/init.lua
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ M.turn_str_to_color = function(tb)
         if valtype == "string" and val:sub(1, 1) ~= "#" and val ~= "none" and val ~= "NONE" then
           hlgroups[opt] = colors[val]
         elseif valtype == "table" then
-
           -- transform table to color
           hlgroups[opt] = #val == 2 and lighten(colors[val[1]], val[2])
             or mixcolors(colors[val[1]], colors[val[2]], val[3])
@@ -149,6 +148,7 @@ M.compile = function()
   end
 
   M.str_to_cache("term", require "base46.term")
+  M.str_to_cache("colors", require "base46.color_vars")
 
   local all_str = ""