diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-hotels-behave.md b/.changeset/friendly-hotels-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70063cd821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-hotels-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+"@digdir/designsystemet": minor
+---
+
+Add JSON schema for CLI config file, which enables editor hints. To use it, do something like this:
+```jsonc
+{
+  "$schema": "node_modules/@digdir/designsystemet/dist/config.schema.json"
+  // ...config options here...
+}
+```
diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/config.ts b/packages/cli/bin/config.ts
index 67d75e572c..2df01e323f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/bin/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/config.ts
@@ -13,24 +13,52 @@ export function mapPathToOptionName(path: (string | number)[]) {
   return option;
 }
 
-const themeSchema = z.object({
-  colors: z.object({
-    main: z.record(z.string().transform(convertToHex)),
-    support: z.record(z.string().transform(convertToHex)),
-    neutral: z.string().transform(convertToHex),
-  }),
-  typography: z.object({
-    fontFamily: z.string(),
-  }),
-  borderRadius: z.number(),
-});
+const hexPatterns = [
+  // Hex colors: #000, #0000, #000000, #00000000
+  `#[0-9a-fA-F]{3}`,
+  `#[0-9a-fA-F]{4}`,
+  `#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}`,
+  `#[0-9a-fA-F]{8}`,
+];
+
+export const colorRegex = new RegExp(`^${hexPatterns.join('|')}$`);
+
+const colorSchema = z
+  .string({ description: 'A hex color, which is used for creating a color scale' })
+  .regex(colorRegex)
+  .transform(convertToHex);
+const colorCategorySchema = z.record(colorSchema, { description: 'One or more color definitions' });
+
+const themeSchema = z.object(
+  {
+    colors: z.object(
+      {
+        main: colorCategorySchema,
+        support: colorCategorySchema,
+        neutral: colorSchema,
+      },
+      { description: 'Defines the colors for this theme' },
+    ),
+    typography: z.object(
+      {
+        fontFamily: z.string({ description: 'Sets the font-family for this theme' }),
+      },
+      { description: 'Defines the typography for a given theme' },
+    ),
+    borderRadius: z.number({ description: 'Defines the border-radius for this theme' }),
+  },
+  { description: 'An object defining a theme. The property name holding the object becomes the theme name.' },
+);
 
 /**
  * This defines the structure of the JSON config file
  */
 export const configFileSchema = z.object({
-  outDir: z.string().optional(),
-  themes: z.record(themeSchema),
+  outDir: z.string({ description: 'Path to the output directory for the created design tokens' }).optional(),
+  themes: z.record(themeSchema, {
+    description:
+      'An object with one or more themes. Each property defines a theme, and the property name is used as the theme name.',
+  }),
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 51645feb5a..622bfa67ec 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     "designsystemet": "tsx ./bin/designsystemet.ts",
     "build:tokens": "yarn clean:theme && yarn designsystemet tokens build -p -t ../../design-tokens -o ../../packages/theme/brand",
     "build:tokens:debug": "yarn clean:theme && tsx --inspect-brk ./bin/designsystemet.ts tokens build -p -t ../../design-tokens -o ../../packages/theme/brand",
-    "build": "tsup && yarn build:types",
+    "build": "tsup && yarn build:types && yarn build:json-schema",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --declaration",
+    "build:json-schema": "tsx ./src/build-scripts/createJsonSchema.ts",
     "types": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test:tokens-create-options": "yarn designsystemet tokens create -m dominant:#007682 complimentary:#ff0000 -n #003333 -s support1:#12404f support2:#0054a6 support3:#942977 -b 99 -o ./test-tokens-create",
     "test:tokens-create-json": "yarn designsystemet tokens create --json ./test-tokens-create-complex.config.json",
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
     "tslib": "^2.6.3",
     "tsup": "^8.2.4",
     "tsx": "^4.16.5",
-    "typescript": "^5.5.4"
+    "typescript": "^5.5.4",
+    "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.24.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/build-scripts/createJsonSchema.ts b/packages/cli/src/build-scripts/createJsonSchema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f2a5ea4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/build-scripts/createJsonSchema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { zodToJsonSchema } from 'zod-to-json-schema';
+import { configFileSchema } from '../../bin/config.js';
+
+const schema = z
+  .object({
+    $schema: z.string().optional(),
+  })
+  .extend(configFileSchema.shape);
+
+writeFile(
+  resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../dist/config.schema.json'),
+  JSON.stringify(zodToJsonSchema(schema), undefined, 2),
+  {
+    encoding: 'utf-8',
+  },
+);
diff --git a/packages/cli/test-tokens-create-complex.config.json b/packages/cli/test-tokens-create-complex.config.json
index 3b6814354c..ea7a850752 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test-tokens-create-complex.config.json
+++ b/packages/cli/test-tokens-create-complex.config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "./dist/config.schema.json",
   "outDir": "./test-tokens-create",
   "themes": {
     "some-org": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test-tokens-create.config.json b/packages/cli/test-tokens-create.config.json
index 764f188331..1f58a15d89 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test-tokens-create.config.json
+++ b/packages/cli/test-tokens-create.config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "./dist/config.schema.json",
   "outDir": "./test-tokens-create",
   "themes": {
     "digdir": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8a9b12d13b..5d2baf7a61 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1785,6 +1785,7 @@ __metadata:
     tsx: "npm:^4.16.5"
     typescript: "npm:^5.5.4"
     zod: "npm:^3.23.8"
+    zod-to-json-schema: "npm:^3.24.1"
     zod-validation-error: "npm:^3.4.0"
   bin:
     designsystemet: dist/bin/designsystemet.js
@@ -18526,6 +18527,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"zod-to-json-schema@npm:^3.24.1":
+  version: 3.24.1
+  resolution: "zod-to-json-schema@npm:3.24.1"
+  peerDependencies:
+    zod: ^3.24.1
+  checksum: 10/d31fd05b67b428d8e0d5ecad2c3e80a1c2fc370e4c22f9111ffd11cbe05cfcab00f3228f84295830952649d15ea4494ef42c2ee1cbe723c865b13f4cf2b80c09
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "zod-validation-error@npm:^3.4.0":
   version: 3.4.0
   resolution: "zod-validation-error@npm:3.4.0"