diff --git a/syntax/vimwiki.vim b/syntax/vimwiki.vim
index 2553536..98b23b1 100644
--- a/syntax/vimwiki.vim
+++ b/syntax/vimwiki.vim
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ endif
 
 syntax case match
 
-syntax match nuwikiHeading      /^\s*=\{1,6}\s.\{-}\s=\{1,6}\s*$/
+" One match per heading level so colorschemes can style each differently.
+" Each pattern requires whitespace immediately after the equals run, which
+" makes the levels mutually exclusive (`==` won't match `===`).
+syntax match nuwikiHeading1      /^\s*=\s.\{-}\s=\s*$/
+syntax match nuwikiHeading2      /^\s*==\s.\{-}\s==\s*$/
+syntax match nuwikiHeading3      /^\s*===\s.\{-}\s===\s*$/
+syntax match nuwikiHeading4      /^\s*====\s.\{-}\s====\s*$/
+syntax match nuwikiHeading5      /^\s*=====\s.\{-}\s=====\s*$/
+syntax match nuwikiHeading6      /^\s*======\s.\{-}\s======\s*$/
 syntax match nuwikiHorizontal   /^-\{4,}\s*$/
 syntax match nuwikiCommentLine  /^%%.*$/
 syntax region nuwikiCommentBlock start=/^%%+/ end=/+%%/ keepend
@@ -92,7 +100,16 @@ syntax match nuwikiWikilinkTarget  /[^|\]]*|/ contained conceal
 syntax region nuwikiTransclusion start=/{{[^{]/ end=/}}/ keepend
 syntax match nuwikiUrl          /\<\(https\?\|ftp\|mailto\|file\):\/\?\/\?\S\+/
 
-highlight default link nuwikiHeading        Title
+" Heading levels map to progressively softer accents — matches the Neovim
+" semantic-token mapping above so static fallback and LSP-driven highlights
+" agree. Colorschemes that don't differentiate Title vs Function vs etc.
+" will still show all six as the same colour, but most do.
+highlight default link nuwikiHeading1       Title
+highlight default link nuwikiHeading2       Function
+highlight default link nuwikiHeading3       Identifier
+highlight default link nuwikiHeading4       Type
+highlight default link nuwikiHeading5       Constant
+highlight default link nuwikiHeading6       PreProc
 highlight default link nuwikiHorizontal     Comment
 highlight default link nuwikiCommentLine    Comment
 highlight default link nuwikiCommentBlock   Comment