diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_colors.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_colors.scss
index 1e0da86b7..882c25b4e 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_colors.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_colors.scss
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ $error_color: #ff8080;
 $success_color: if($variant == 'light', #33d17a, darken(#33d17a, 10%));
 $destructive_color: if($variant == 'light', #e01b24, darken(#e01b24, 10%));
 
-$osd_fg_color: $fg_color;
-$osd_text_color: if($variant == 'light', #000, #fff);
-$osd_bg_color: if($variant == 'light', rgba(255,255,255,0.9), transparentize(darken(desaturate(#3d3846, 100%), 12%),0.04));
+$osd_fg_color: #eeeeec;
+$osd_text_color: white;
+$osd_bg_color: transparentize(darken(desaturate(#3d3846, 100%), 12%),0.04);
 $osd_insensitive_bg_color: transparentize(mix($osd_fg_color, opacify($osd_bg_color, 1), 10%), 0.5);
 $osd_insensitive_fg_color: mix($osd_fg_color, opacify($osd_bg_color, 1), 50%);
-$osd_borders_color: if($variant == 'light', rgba(255,255,255,0.1), rgba(0,0,0,0.7));
-$osd_outer_borders_color: if($variant == 'light', rgba(0,0,0,0.1), lighten($osd_bg_color, 7%));
+$osd_borders_color: transparentize(black, 0.3);
+$osd_outer_borders_color: transparentize(white, 0.84);
 
 $shadow_color: if($variant == 'light', rgba(0,0,0,0.1), rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
 
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ $backdrop_bg_color: $bg_color;
 $backdrop_fg_color: mix($fg_color, $backdrop_bg_color, 80%);
 $backdrop_insensitive_color: if($variant =='light', darken($backdrop_bg_color,15%), lighten($backdrop_bg_color,15%));
 $backdrop_borders_color: mix($borders_color, $bg_color, 90%);
-$backdrop_dark_fill: mix($backdrop_borders_color,$backdrop_bg_color, 35%);
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+$backdrop_dark_fill: mix($backdrop_borders_color,$backdrop_bg_color, 35%);
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_panel.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_panel.scss
index c284af67c..222d68629 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_panel.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_panel.scss
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // a.k.a. the panel
 
 $panel_corner_radius: $base_border_radius+1;
-$panel_bg_color: if($variant == 'light', rgba(0,0,0,0.9), #000);
-$panel_fg_color: if($variant == 'light', darken($fg_color, 15%), darken($fg_color, 10%));
+$panel_bg_color: #000;
+$panel_fg_color: #ccc;
 $panel_height: 1.86em;
 
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ $panel_height: 1.86em;
     }
 
     &:active, &:overview, &:focus, &:checked {
-      background-color: $panel_bg_color; // Trick due to St limitations. It needs a background to draw a box-shadow
+      // Trick due to St limitations. It needs a background to draw a box-shadow
+      background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01);
       box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 0 lighten($selected_bg_color,5%);
-
       color: lighten($panel_fg_color, 20%);
     }