Flutter – Fix The getter ‘accentColor’ isn’t defined for the class ‘ThemeData’

Error: The getter 'accentColor' isn't defined for the class 'ThemeData'.
 - 'ThemeData' is from 'package:flutter/src/material/theme_data.dart' ('/C:/flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/theme_data.dart').
Try correcting the name to the name of an existing getter, or defining a getter or field named 'accentColor'.
        themeData.textTheme.headline5?.copyWith(color: themeData.accentColor);Code language: plaintext (plaintext)

The most likely cause of this error is an update to Flutter (flutter upgrade) which led to some imcompatibility with your existing code or your project’s dependencies.

The Theme.of(context).accentColor property has been deprecated since Flutter 1.17 and is entirely removed from the current version, thus the error your are seeing.

What to use instead

Theme.of(context).colorScheme.secondary
Code language: Dart (dart)

Or, if you are configuring the appearance of material components:

final ThemeData theme = ThemeData();
MaterialApp(
  theme: theme.copyWith(
    colorScheme: theme.colorScheme.copyWith(secondary: myColor),
  ),
)
Code language: Dart (dart)

If the issue is with your project’s dependencies

The error might not be coming from your code, but from one of your project’s dependencies, like material for example. In that case, you can try updating your dependencies.

flutter pub upgradeCode language: Bash (bash)

This will upgrade your dependencies within the constraints of your pubspec.yaml. If you need to bypass those constraints (say you want to jump major versions), just:

flutter pub upgrade --major-versionsCode language: Bash (bash)