The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a lower part and an upper part displaceable in a height direction relative to the lower part, the lower part and the upper part being connected to one another in a manner displaceable relative to one another by means of a connecting unit, and a height adjustment unit being provided which is intended and designed to adjust a spacing of the lower part from the upper part, wherein the vehicle seat has a light display unit comprising a light source and a deflection unit for deflecting light of the light source, the light display unit being provided and adapted to output a first light indication when the spacing of the lower part to the upper part is outside a predetermined target area and to output a second light indication when the spacing is within the target area during a first operating state of the vehicle seat.