diff --git a/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.scss b/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.scss
index 8f4c5ebb1c..02ce63ce1d 100644
--- a/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.scss
+++ b/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.scss
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ $message-action-bar-bg-color: var(--background-color);
 $primary-bg-color: var(--background-color);
 $roomtile-focused-bg-color: var(--background-color);
 $roomtile-selected-bg-color: var(--background-color);
-$tab-label-active-icon-bg-color: var(--background-color);
 $togglesw-ball-color: var(--background-color);
 $droptarget-bg-color: var(--background-color)"7F"; // uses #rrggbbaa notation, alpha at .5
 $authpage-modal-bg-color: var(--background-color)"CF"; // uses #rrggbbaa notation, alpha at .59
diff --git a/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss b/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
index db26c99155..224e6a95d8 100644
--- a/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
+++ b/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ $tab-label-active-fg-color: #ffffff;
 $tab-label-bg-color: transparent;
 $tab-label-active-bg-color: $accent-color;
 $tab-label-icon-bg-color: #454545;
-$tab-label-active-icon-bg-color: #ffffff;
+$tab-label-active-icon-bg-color: $tab-label-active-fg-color;
 
 // Buttons
 $button-primary-fg-color: #ffffff;