When using the topic notification dropdown (Watching/Tracking/Normal/Muted), the currently selected item’s text and icon become invisible due to insufficient contrast between the selection background color and foreground colors. Steps to reproduce Open any topic Click the notification bell but…

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I am not able to reproduce this bug. [image]

@BrettH Does this happen in safe mode ?

[imagen] BrettH: The --d-selected CSS variable comes from the theme’s $selected color, but the text (.name, .desc) and icons (.d-icon) retain their default colors which may not contrast well with the selection background. It looks like your color palette hasn’t been updated in a while maybe, …

Could it be related to [imagen] Discourse Free Plan setup - options are hard to read UX Thanks for the details @NateDhaliwal . My hunch is that it’s related to that missing CSS var when light/dark mode is involved, and how it’s compiled via PostCSS. It looks lik…

Yeah this is likely the case — I’ve seen situations like this where a custom color palette that was created before new colors were added ends up with poor contrast… @BrettH if you create a new color palette and use that, does the issue persist?

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Let me address the questions: NateDhaliwal - I haven’t tested in safe mode yet, but based on what chapoi and Kris are describing, I suspect safe mode would resolve it since it would fall back to the default Light palette rather than my custom one. @chapoi - Goo…

Dropdown Select-kit: elementos seleccionados/resaltados tienen poco contraste de color, texto e iconos desaparecen

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) 18 Febrero, 2026 06:32 7

@BrettH ¿Sucede esto en modo seguro?

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Dark/light mode toggle now available in core Announcements	27	2394	17 Marzo 2025
Colors changed in beta7? Support	5	1026	5 Enero 2019
Accessibility: Color contrast Feature accessibility	13	2953	18 Enero 2018
Topic Bulk Selector is adding a brightening filter to it Support	1	70	22 Febrero 2026

Dropdown Select-kit: elementos seleccionados/resaltados tienen poco contraste de color, texto e iconos desaparecen

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