diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 272c9b5..80288bb 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static const char col_black[]       = "#000000";
 static const char col_white[]       = "#ffffff";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
-	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_black, col_gray2 },
+	[SchemeNorm] = { col_amber, col_black, col_gray2 },
 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_black, col_amber, col_amber },
 };
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_black, "-nf", col_amber, "-sb", col_amber, "-sf", col_black, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 
 static const Key keys[] = {