diff --git a/kcms/colors/colors.h b/kcms/colors/colors.h
--- a/kcms/colors/colors.h
+++ b/kcms/colors/colors.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <QColor>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <QPointer>
 #include <QQmlListReference>
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@
     Q_PROPERTY(ColorsSettings *colorsSettings READ colorsSettings CONSTANT)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool downloadingFile READ downloadingFile NOTIFY downloadingFileChanged)
 
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool hasAccent READ hasAccent CONSTANT)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QColor accentForeground READ accentForeground CONSTANT)
+
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool pendingHasAccent MEMBER m_pendingHasAccent NOTIFY pendingHasAccentChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QColor pendingAccent MEMBER m_pendingAccent NOTIFY pendingAccentChanged)
+
 public:
     KCMColors(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args);
     ~KCMColors() override;
@@ -66,6 +73,8 @@
     FilterProxyModel *filteredModel() const;
     ColorsSettings *colorsSettings() const;
     bool downloadingFile() const;
+    bool hasAccent() const;
+    QColor accentForeground() const;
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void reloadModel(const QQmlListReference &changedEntries);
     Q_INVOKABLE void installSchemeFromFile(const QUrl &url);
@@ -84,6 +93,9 @@
 
     void showSchemeNotInstalledWarning(const QString &schemeName);
 
+    void pendingHasAccentChanged(bool hasAccent);
+    void pendingAccentChanged(QColor accent);
+
 private:
     bool isSaveNeeded() const override;
 
@@ -99,6 +111,9 @@
     bool m_selectedSchemeDirty = false;
     bool m_activeSchemeEdited = false;
 
+    bool m_pendingHasAccent;
+    QColor m_pendingAccent;
+
     bool m_applyToAlien = true;
 
     QProcess *m_editDialogProcess = nullptr;
diff --git a/kcms/colors/colors.cpp b/kcms/colors/colors.cpp
--- a/kcms/colors/colors.cpp
+++ b/kcms/colors/colors.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "colors.h"
 
+#include <QColor>
 #include <QDBusConnection>
 #include <QDBusMessage>
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@
     qmlRegisterType<FilterProxyModel>();
     qmlRegisterType<ColorsSettings>();
 
+    m_pendingHasAccent = hasAccent();
+    m_pendingAccent = accentForeground();
+
     KAboutData *about = new KAboutData(QStringLiteral("kcm_colors"), i18n("Colors"),
                                        QStringLiteral("2.0"), QString(), KAboutLicense::GPL);
     about->addAuthor(i18n("Kai Uwe Broulik"), QString(), QStringLiteral("kde@privat.broulik.de"));
@@ -114,6 +118,27 @@
     return m_settings;
 }
 
+bool KCMColors::hasAccent() const
+{
+    KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kdeglobals");
+    KConfigGroup accent(config, "Accent");
+    return accent.hasKey("Foreground") || accent.hasKey("Background");
+}
+
+QColor KCMColors::accentForeground() const
+{
+    KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kdeglobals");
+    KConfigGroup accent(config, "Accent");
+    
+    auto split = accent.readEntry("Foreground", "61,174,233").split(",");
+    
+    if (split.length() < 3) {
+        return QColor(61, 174, 233);
+    }
+
+    return QColor(split[0].toInt(), split[1].toInt(), split[2].toInt());
+}
+
 bool KCMColors::downloadingFile() const
 {
     return m_tempCopyJob;
@@ -307,7 +332,10 @@
 
 bool KCMColors::isSaveNeeded() const
 {
-    return m_activeSchemeEdited || !m_model->match(m_model->index(0, 0), ColorsModel::PendingDeletionRole, true).isEmpty();
+    return m_activeSchemeEdited || 
+           !m_model->match(m_model->index(0, 0), ColorsModel::PendingDeletionRole, true).isEmpty() ||
+           accentForeground() != m_pendingAccent ||
+           hasAccent() != m_pendingHasAccent;
 }
 
 
@@ -349,6 +377,27 @@
     }
     m_activeSchemeEdited = false;
 
+    if (m_pendingAccent != accentForeground()) {
+        KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kdeglobals");
+        KConfigGroup accent(config, "Accent");
+        accent.writeEntry("Foreground", m_pendingAccent);
+        accent.writeEntry("Background", KColorUtils::darken(m_pendingAccent));
+        accent.sync();
+        QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createSignal(QStringLiteral("/KGlobalSettings"),
+                                                        QStringLiteral("org.kde.KGlobalSettings"),
+                                                        QStringLiteral("notifyChange"));
+        message.setArguments({0,0});
+        QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(message);
+    }
+
+    if (m_pendingHasAccent != hasAccent()) {
+        if (m_pendingHasAccent == false) {
+            KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kdeglobals");
+            config.data()->deleteGroup("Accent");
+            config.data()->sync();
+        }
+    }
+
     processPendingDeletions();
 }
 
diff --git a/kcms/colors/editor/scmeditorcolors.cpp b/kcms/colors/editor/scmeditorcolors.cpp
--- a/kcms/colors/editor/scmeditorcolors.cpp
+++ b/kcms/colors/editor/scmeditorcolors.cpp
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@
     m_colorSchemes.append(KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Tooltip, m_config));
     m_colorSchemes.append(KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Complementary, m_config));
 
+    for (KColorScheme &scheme : m_colorSchemes) {
+        scheme.dropAccentColors();
+    }
+
     m_wmColors.load(m_config);
 }
 
diff --git a/kcms/colors/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/kcms/colors/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/kcms/colors/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/kcms/colors/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.4 as Kirigami
 import org.kde.newstuff 1.62 as NewStuff
 import org.kde.kcm 1.1 as KCM
+import org.kde.kquickcontrols 2.0 as KQuickControls
 import org.kde.private.kcms.colors 1.0 as Private
 
 KCM.GridViewKCM {
@@ -155,6 +156,25 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        RowLayout {
+            QtControls.CheckBox {
+                checked: kcm.hasAccent
+                text: i18nc("'this accent color' refers to the color in the button after the checkbox", "Use this accent color instead of the one provided by the current colorscheme:")
+                onCheckedChanged: {
+                    kcm.pendingHasAccent = checked
+                    kcm.settingsChanged()
+                }
+            }
+            KQuickControls.ColorButton {
+                Layout.preferredWidth: height
+                color: kcm.accentForeground
+                onAccepted: (color) => {
+                    kcm.pendingAccent = color
+                    kcm.settingsChanged()
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     view.delegate: KCM.GridDelegate {