diff --git a/wulkabot/cogs/github.py b/wulkabot/cogs/github.py
index bbd5ec0..13b8f39 100644
--- a/wulkabot/cogs/github.py
+++ b/wulkabot/cogs/github.py
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import re
 from typing import Any
 
 import aiohttp
-
-# from discord import app_commands
 import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
 
+from .. import bot
 from ..utils import github
 
 GITHUB_REPO = re.compile(r"(?:\s|^)(?P<owner>[\w-]+)/(?P<repo>[\w-]+)(?:\s|$)", re.ASCII)
@@ -22,30 +21,49 @@ def match_repo(text: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
         return (match["owner"], match["repo"])
 
 
-def github_repo_embed(repo: dict[str, Any]) -> discord.Embed:
-    description = repo["description"]
-    if homepage := repo["homepage"]:
-        description += f"\n\n{homepage}"
-    stargazers = repo["stargazers_count"]
-    forks = repo["forks_count"]
-    watchers = repo["subscribers_count"]
-    footer = f"⭐ {stargazers} 🍴 {forks} 👀 {watchers}"
-
-    return (
-        discord.Embed(title=repo["full_name"], url=repo["html_url"], description=description)
-        .set_thumbnail(url=repo["owner"]["avatar_url"])
-        .set_footer(text=footer)
-    )
-
-
 class GitHub(commands.Cog):
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, bot: bot.Wulkabot) -> None:
         super().__init__()
+        self.bot = bot
         self.github = github.GitHub(aiohttp.ClientSession(base_url="https://api.github.com"))
 
+    async def cog_load(self) -> None:
+        result = await self.bot.http_client.get(
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ozh/github-colors/master/colors.json"
+        )
+        self.github_colors: dict[str, dict[str, str | None]] = await result.json(content_type=None)
+
     async def cog_unload(self) -> None:
         await self.github.close()
 
+    def github_repo_embed(self, repo: dict[str, Any]) -> discord.Embed:
+        description = repo["description"]
+        if homepage := repo["homepage"]:
+            description += f"\n\n{homepage}"
+        stargazers = repo["stargazers_count"]
+        forks = repo["forks_count"]
+        watchers = repo["subscribers_count"]
+        footer = f"⭐ {stargazers} 🍴 {forks} 👀 {watchers}"
+
+        return (
+            discord.Embed(
+                title=repo["full_name"],
+                url=repo["html_url"],
+                description=description,
+                color=self.get_github_color(repo["language"]),
+            )
+            .set_thumbnail(url=repo["owner"]["avatar_url"])
+            .set_footer(text=footer)
+        )
+
+    def get_github_color(self, language: str | None) -> int | None:
+        if language is None:
+            return None
+        color = self.github_colors[language]["color"]
+        if color is None:
+            return 0xF5AAB9
+        return int(color.removeprefix("#"), 16)
+
     @commands.Cog.listener()
     async def on_message(self, message: discord.Message) -> None:
         if message.author.bot:
@@ -53,8 +71,8 @@ class GitHub(commands.Cog):
 
         if match := match_repo(message.content):
             if repo := await self.github.fetch_repo(*match):
-                await message.reply(embed=github_repo_embed(repo))
+                await message.reply(embed=self.github_repo_embed(repo))
 
 
-async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
-    await bot.add_cog(GitHub())
+async def setup(bot: bot.Wulkabot):
+    await bot.add_cog(GitHub(bot))