diff --git a/apps/web/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss b/apps/web/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss
index 1bf761a7e7..0c24b87fce 100644
--- a/apps/web/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss
+++ b/apps/web/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ $event-highlight-bg-color: var(--timeline-highlights-color);
 
 /* redirect some variables away from their hardcoded values in the light theme */
 $settings-grey-fg-color: $primary-content;
+$tab-label-active-fg-color: $primary-content;
 
 /* --eventbubble colors */
 $eventbubble-self-bg: var(--eventbubble-self-bg, $eventbubble-self-bg);