diff --git a/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss b/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss
index 043de30191..c66c65d36e 100644
--- a/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss
+++ b/res/themes/light-custom/css/_custom.pcss
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ $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);