diff --git a/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.css b/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.css
index 9facb4bc458..9f72924fb8f 100644
--- a/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.css
+++ b/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.css
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 .community-button {
     box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px $ui-black-transparent;
+    color: $text-menubar;
 }
 
 .community-button-icon {
diff --git a/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.jsx b/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.jsx
index 62bf22e40b7..af070490afc 100644
--- a/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.jsx
+++ b/src/components/menu-bar/community-button.jsx
@@ -16,15 +16,21 @@ const CommunityButton = ({
             className,
             styles.communityButton
         )}
-        iconClassName={styles.communityButtonIcon}
-        iconSrc={communityIcon}
         onClick={onClick}
     >
-        <FormattedMessage
-            defaultMessage="See Project Page"
-            description="Label for see project page button"
-            id="gui.menuBar.seeProjectPage"
-        />
+        <span style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '4px' }}>
+            <img
+                src={communityIcon}
+                className={styles.communityButtonIcon}
+                alt="See Project Page"
+                style={{ filter: (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.isHighContrast) ? 'invert(1)' : 'none' }}
+            />
+            <FormattedMessage
+                defaultMessage="See Project Page"
+                description="Label for see project page button"
+                id="gui.menuBar.seeProjectPage"
+            />
+        </span>
     </Button>
 );
 
diff --git a/src/components/menu-bar/icon--high-contrast.svg b/src/components/menu-bar/icon--high-contrast.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3898770b3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/menu-bar/icon--high-contrast.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="20" height="20" fill="white"><path d="M12 4.5c-5.05 0-9.14 3.11-10.5 7.5 1.36 4.39 5.45 7.5 10.5 7.5s9.14-3.11 10.5-7.5c-1.36-4.39-5.45-7.5-10.5-7.5zm0 13c-3.87 0-7.19-2.5-8.47-6C4.81 7.5 8.13 5 12 5s7.19 2.5 8.47 6c-1.28 3.5-4.6 6-8.47 6zm0-10a4 4 0 1 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0-8zm0 6a2 2 0 1 1 0-4 2 2 0 0 1 0 4z"/></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.css b/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.css
index 843ed74bfd3..080bfdc8c99 100644
--- a/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.css
+++ b/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.css
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     font-size: $menu-bar-standard-font-size;
     font-weight: bold;
     background-color: $motion-primary;
-    color: $ui-white;
+    color: $text-menubar;
 }
 [theme="dark"] .menu-bar {
     background-color: $motion-primary-dark;
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 
 .language-icon {
     height:  1.5rem;
+    color: $text-menubar;
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
     display: flex;
     padding: 0 0.25rem;
     text-decoration: none;
-    color: $ui-white;
+    color: $text-menubar;
     user-select: none;
     align-self: center;
     position: relative;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
 .menu-bar-menu {
     margin-top: $menu-bar-height;
     z-index: $z-index-menu-bar;
+    color: $text-menubar;
 }
 
 .feedback-link {
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@
 
 .menu-bar-button {
     height: $menu-bar-button-size;
+    color: $text-menubar;
 }
 
 .remix-button {
diff --git a/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.jsx b/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.jsx
index 7c8d216a1c0..1985ad0d687 100644
--- a/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.jsx
+++ b/src/components/menu-bar/menu-bar.jsx
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ import {
     languageMenuOpen,
     openLoginMenu,
     closeLoginMenu,
-    loginMenuOpen
+    loginMenuOpen,
+    openAppearanceMenu,
+    closeAppearanceMenu,
+    appearanceMenuOpen
 } from '../../reducers/menus';
 import { setFileHandle } from '../../reducers/tw.js';
 
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ import collectMetadata from '../../lib/collect-metadata';
 import styles from './menu-bar.css';
 
 import remixIcon from './icon--remix.svg';
+import highContrastIcon from './icon--high-contrast.svg';
 import dropdownCaret from './dropdown-caret.svg';
 import languageIcon from '../language-selector/language-icon.svg';
 import aboutIcon from './icon--about.svg';
@@ -197,6 +201,10 @@ MenuItemLink.propTypes = {
 class MenuBar extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
+        this.state = {
+            highContrast: false,
+            darkMode: false
+        };
         bindAll(this, [
             'handleClickSeeInside',
             'handleClickNew',
@@ -213,9 +221,47 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
             'handleLanguageMouseUp',
             'handleRestoreOption',
             'getSaveToComputerHandler',
-            'restoreOptionMessage'
+            'restoreOptionMessage',
+            'handleToggleDarkModeNew',
+            'handleToggleHighContrast',
+            'handleClickTheme'
         ]);
     }
+
+    handleToggleHighContrast() {
+    this.setState(prevState => {
+        // wcag high contrast mode
+        const isHighContrast = !prevState.highContrast;
+        
+        if (isHighContrast) {
+            document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'high-contrast');
+            document.body.style.setProperty('--text-menubar', '#000000');
+            window.isHighContrast = true;
+        } else {
+            document.documentElement.removeAttribute('data-theme');
+            document.body.style.setProperty('--text-menubar', '#FFFFFF');
+            window.isHighContrast = false;
+        }
+
+        return { highContrast: isHighContrast };
+    });
+}
+
+   handleToggleDarkModeNew() {
+    this.setState(prevState => {
+        // testing stub
+        const isDarkMode = !prevState.darkMode;
+        
+        if (isDarkMode) {
+            document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark')
+        } else {
+            document.documentElement.removeAttribute('data-theme');
+        }
+
+        return { darkMode: isDarkMode };
+    });
+}
+
     componentDidMount() {
         document.addEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyPress);
     }
@@ -340,6 +386,12 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
         }
     }
 
+    handleClickTheme () {
+            this.setState(state => ({
+                dark: !state.dark
+            }));
+        }
+
     restoreOptionMessage(deletedItem) {
         switch (deletedItem) {
             case 'Sprite':
@@ -492,19 +544,22 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
                         ) : null}
                         {(this.props.canChangeLanguage) && (<div
                             className={classNames(styles.menuBarItem, styles.hoverable, styles.languageMenu)}
+                            style={{ minWidth: '32px', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', display: 'flex' }}
                         >
-                            <div>
+                            <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' }}>
                                 <img
                                     className={styles.languageIcon}
                                     src={languageIcon}
                                     width="24"
                                     height="24"
+                                    style={{ marginRight: '4px', filter: this.state.highContrast ? 'invert(1)' : 'none' }}
                                 />
                                 <img
                                     className={styles.languageCaret}
                                     src={dropdownCaret}
                                     width="8"
                                     height="5"
+                                    style={{ marginRight: '4px', filter: this.state.highContrast ? 'invert(1)' : 'none' }}
                                 />
                             </div>
                             <LanguageSelector label={this.props.intl.formatMessage(ariaMessages.language)} />
@@ -514,12 +569,14 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
                             <div
                                 className={classNames(styles.menuBarItem, styles.hoverable)}
                                 onMouseUp={this.props.onClickTheme}
+                                style={{ minWidth: '32px', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', display: 'flex' }}
                             >
                                 <img
                                     src={themeIcon}
                                     width="24"
                                     height="24"
                                     draggable={false}
+                                    style={{ filter: this.state.highContrast ? 'invert(1)' : 'none', marginRight: '2px' }}
                                 />
                             </div>
                         )}
@@ -576,6 +633,52 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
                                 </MenuBarMenu>
                             </div>
                         </div>}
+                        <div
+                                className={classNames(styles.menuBarItem, styles.hoverable, {
+                                    [styles.active]: this.props.openAppearanceMenu
+                                })}
+                                onMouseUp={this.props.onClickAppearance}
+                            >
+                            <FormattedMessage
+                                    defaultMessage="Appearance"
+                                    description="Text for appearance dropdown menu"
+                                    id="gui.menuBar.appearance"
+                            />
+                            <MenuBarMenu
+                                    className={classNames(styles.menuBarMenu)}
+                                    open={this.props.appearanceMenuOpen}
+                                    place={this.props.isRtl ? 'left' : 'right'}
+                                    onRequestClose={this.props.onRequestCloseAppearance}
+                            >
+                                <MenuSection>
+                                    <MenuItem
+                                            isRtl={this.props.isRtl}
+                                            onClick={this.handleToggleHighContrast}
+                                        >
+                                            <FormattedMessage
+                                                defaultMessage="Toggle High Contrast"
+                                                // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                                                description="aaaaa"
+                                                id="gui.menuBar.hcontrast"
+                                            />
+                                        </MenuItem>
+                                        {/*
+                                        <MenuItem
+                                            isRtl={this.props.isRtl}
+                                            onClick={this.handleToggleDarkModeNew}
+                                        >
+                                            <FormattedMessage
+                                                defaultMessage="Toggle Dark Mode"
+                                                // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                                                description="aaaaa"
+                                                id="gui.menuBar.dark"
+                                            />
+                                        </MenuItem>
+                                        */}
+                                </MenuSection>
+                            </MenuBarMenu>
+                        </div>
+                        
                         {(this.props.canManageFiles) && (
                             <div
                                 className={classNames(styles.menuBarItem, styles.hoverable, {
@@ -893,13 +996,15 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
                         />
                     ) : null} */}
                     {this.props.canEditTitle ? (
-                        <div className={classNames(styles.menuBarItem, styles.growable)}>
+                        <div className={classNames(styles.menuBarItem, styles.growable)}
+                            style={{ minWidth: '120px', maxWidth: '200px', marginLeft: '8px', marginRight: '8px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' }}>
                             <MenuBarItemTooltip
                                 enable
                                 id="title-field"
                             >
                                 <ProjectTitleInput
                                     className={classNames(styles.titleFieldGrowable)}
+                                    style={{ fontSize: '1em', padding: '3px 8px', borderRadius: '6px', border: '1px solid #ccc', background: 'var(--text-menubar, #fff)', color: this.state.highContrast ? '#000' : '#222', boxShadow: '0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}
                                 />
                             </MenuBarItemTooltip>
                         </div>
@@ -944,14 +1049,18 @@ class MenuBar extends React.Component {
                             />)
                             : (null)}
                     </div>
-                    <div className={styles.menuBarItem}>
+                    <div className={styles.menuBarItem}
+                        style={{ marginLeft: '8px', marginRight: '8px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' }}>
                         <a
                             className={styles.feedbackLink}
                             href="https://penguinmod.com"
                             rel="noopener noreferrer"
                             target="_blank"
+                            style={{ textDecoration: 'none' }}
                         >
-                            <Button className={styles.feedbackButton}>
+                            <Button className={styles.feedbackButton}
+                                style={this.state.highContrast ? { background: '#000', color: '#fff' } : undefined}
+                            >
                                 <FormattedMessage
                                     defaultMessage="Back to Home"
                                     description="Button to go back to the home page"
@@ -979,6 +1088,7 @@ MenuBar.propTypes = {
     onClickSeeInside: PropTypes.func,
     aboutMenuOpen: PropTypes.bool,
     accountMenuOpen: PropTypes.bool,
+    appearanceMenuOpen: PropTypes.bool,
     authorId: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.bool]),
     authorThumbnailUrl: PropTypes.string,
     authorUsername: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.bool]),
@@ -1029,6 +1139,7 @@ MenuBar.propTypes = {
     onClickRestorePoints: PropTypes.func,
     onClickEdit: PropTypes.func,
     onClickFile: PropTypes.func,
+    onClickAppearance: PropTypes.func,
     onClickLanguage: PropTypes.func,
     onClickLogin: PropTypes.func,
     onClickLogo: PropTypes.func,
@@ -1081,6 +1192,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
     return {
         aboutMenuOpen: aboutMenuOpen(state),
         accountMenuOpen: accountMenuOpen(state),
+        appearanceMenuOpen: appearanceMenuOpen(state),
         authorThumbnailUrl: state.scratchGui.tw.author.thumbnail,
         authorUsername: state.scratchGui.tw.author.username,
         compileErrors: state.scratchGui.tw.compileErrors,
@@ -1112,6 +1224,8 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
     onClickAccount: () => dispatch(openAccountMenu()),
     onRequestCloseAccount: () => dispatch(closeAccountMenu()),
     onClickFile: () => dispatch(openFileMenu()),
+    onClickAppearance: () => dispatch(openAppearanceMenu()),
+    onRequestCloseAppearance: () => dispatch(closeAppearanceMenu()),
     onRequestCloseFile: () => dispatch(closeFileMenu()),
     onClickEdit: () => dispatch(openEditMenu()),
     onRequestCloseEdit: () => dispatch(closeEditMenu()),
diff --git a/src/components/menu-bar/project-title-input.css b/src/components/menu-bar/project-title-input.css
index c47e792bf0f..0db37d360e7 100644
--- a/src/components/menu-bar/project-title-input.css
+++ b/src/components/menu-bar/project-title-input.css
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ can set a width for example or what it should do in a flex box (eg. grow).
 }
 
 .title-field {
-    color: $ui-white;
+    color: $text-menubar;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: .8rem;
 }
 
 .title-field::placeholder {
-    color: $ui-white;
+    color: $text-menubar;
     font-weight: normal;
     font-size: .8rem;
     font-style: italic;
diff --git a/src/components/menu/menu.css b/src/components/menu/menu.css
index 4c7621e96cd..f8725929496 100644
--- a/src/components/menu/menu.css
+++ b/src/components/menu/menu.css
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     /* tw: no max width */
     /* max-width: 260px; */
     overflow: visible;
-    color: $ui-white;
+    color: $text-menubar;;
     box-shadow: 0 8px 8px 0 $ui-black-transparent-default;
 }
 [theme="dark"] .menu {
diff --git a/src/components/sprite-info/sprite-info.css b/src/components/sprite-info/sprite-info.css
index e121f8e8621..f7954ae0dad 100644
--- a/src/components/sprite-info/sprite-info.css
+++ b/src/components/sprite-info/sprite-info.css
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 [theme="dark"] .sprite-info {
     background-color: $ui-primary;
 }
+[theme="high-contrast"] .sprite-info {
+    color: #ffffff;
+}
 
 .row {
     display: flex;
diff --git a/src/components/sprite-selector/sprite-selector.css b/src/components/sprite-selector/sprite-selector.css
index bfb3598c9e6..0c8660b7a9b 100644
--- a/src/components/sprite-selector/sprite-selector.css
+++ b/src/components/sprite-selector/sprite-selector.css
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     border-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+[theme="high-contrast"] .sprite-selector .spriteIcon {
+    filter: invert(1);
+}
+
 .sprite-wrapper {
     /*
         Our goal is to fit sprites evenly in a row without leftover space.
diff --git a/src/css/colors.css b/src/css/colors.css
index 0c1f564d7c8..961e16aaade 100644
--- a/src/css/colors.css
+++ b/src/css/colors.css
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ $extensions-transparent: hsla(194, 100%, 50%, 0.35); /* 35% transparent version
 $extensions-light: hsla(203, 100%, 39%, 1); /* opaque version of extensions-transparent, on white bg */
 
 $drop-highlight: hsla(194, 100%, 77%, 1); /* lighter than motion-primary */
+
+$text-menubar: var(--text-menubar, hsla(225, 100%, 100%, 1)); /* #FFFFFF */
diff --git a/src/reducers/menus.js b/src/reducers/menus.js
index bd9426f97c1..fa7c4cd58fd 100644
--- a/src/reducers/menus.js
+++ b/src/reducers/menus.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const MENU_EDIT = 'editMenu';
 const MENU_LANGUAGE = 'languageMenu';
 const MENU_LOGIN = 'loginMenu';
 const MENU_ERRORS = 'errorMenu';
+const MENU_APPEARANCE = 'appearanceMenu';
 
 
 const initialState = {
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ const initialState = {
     [MENU_EDIT]: false,
     [MENU_LANGUAGE]: false,
     [MENU_LOGIN]: false,
-    [MENU_ERRORS]: false
+    [MENU_ERRORS]: false,
+    [MENU_APPEARANCE]: false
 };
 
 const reducer = function (state, action) {
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ const closeMenu = menu => ({
     menu: menu
 });
 const openAboutMenu = () => openMenu(MENU_ABOUT);
+const openAppearanceMenu = () => openMenu(MENU_APPEARANCE);
+const closeAppearanceMenu = () => closeMenu(MENU_APPEARANCE);
+const appearanceMenuOpen = state => state.scratchGui.menus[MENU_APPEARANCE];
 const closeAboutMenu = () => closeMenu(MENU_ABOUT);
 const aboutMenuOpen = state => state.scratchGui.menus[MENU_ABOUT];
 const openAccountMenu = () => openMenu(MENU_ACCOUNT);
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ export {
     reducer as default,
     initialState as menuInitialState,
     openAboutMenu,
+    appearanceMenuOpen,
     closeAboutMenu,
     aboutMenuOpen,
     openAccountMenu,
@@ -88,5 +94,7 @@ export {
     loginMenuOpen,
     openErrorsMenu,
     closeErrorsMenu,
-    errorsMenuOpen
+    errorsMenuOpen,
+    openAppearanceMenu,
+    closeAppearanceMenu
 };