diff --git a/theme/typewriter/theme.json b/theme/typewriter/theme.json
index c922ca36b..a6bdedeef 100644
--- a/theme/typewriter/theme.json
+++ b/theme/typewriter/theme.json
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@
     "publish-button-text": "#FFFFFF",
     "button-margin": "5px",
     "button-left-margin": "none",
-    "button-text": "#FFFFFF",
-    "button-selected-text": "#FFFFFF",
+    "button-text": "#333",
+    "button-selected-text": "#555",
     "publish-button-background": "#999",
     "button-text-hover": "white",
     "button-fg-highlighted": "#FFFFFF",