diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
index d83ea438d..67c361ff2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
@@ -236,16 +236,16 @@
   font-size: 11px;
   line-height: 1;
   text-align: center;
-  background-color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 30%));
+  background-color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 70%));
   &[href] {
-  color: $secondary;
+    color: $secondary;
   }
 
   // New posts
 
   &.new-posts, &.unread-posts {
-    background-color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 50%), scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 20%));
-    color: $secondary;
+    background-color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 50%), $tertiary);
+    color: dark-light-choose($secondary, $secondary);
     font-weight: dark-light-choose(normal, bold);
   }