diff --git a/src/vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts b/src/vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts
index 0daa9ba3f68f2d85ef6d7a9babe437948322be21..d2f8fd9763924dd73cb1ce12098fff7b5ed825fa 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ export const buttonForeground = registerColor('button.foreground', { dark: Color
 export const buttonBackground = registerColor('button.background', { dark: '#0E639C', light: '#007ACC', hc: null }, nls.localize('buttonBackground', "Button background color."));
 export const buttonHoverBackground = registerColor('button.hoverBackground', { dark: lighten(buttonBackground, 0.2), light: darken(buttonBackground, 0.2), hc: null }, nls.localize('buttonHoverBackground', "Button background color when hovering."));
 
-export const badgeBackground = registerColor('badge.background', { dark: '#4D4D4D', light: '#717171', hc: Color.black }, nls.localize('badgeBackground', "Badge background color. Badges are small information labels, e.g. for search results count."));
-export const badgeForeground = registerColor('badge.foreground', { dark: Color.white, light: Color.white, hc: Color.white }, nls.localize('badgeForeground', "Badge foreground color. Badges are small information labels, e.g. for search results count."));
+export const badgeBackground = registerColor('badge.background', { dark: '#4D4D4D', light: '#C4C4C4', hc: Color.black }, nls.localize('badgeBackground', "Badge background color. Badges are small information labels, e.g. for search results count."));
+export const badgeForeground = registerColor('badge.foreground', { dark: Color.white, light: '#333', hc: Color.white }, nls.localize('badgeForeground', "Badge foreground color. Badges are small information labels, e.g. for search results count."));
 
 export const scrollbarShadow = registerColor('scrollbar.shadow', { dark: '#000000', light: '#DDDDDD', hc: null }, nls.localize('scrollbarShadow', "Scrollbar shadow to indicate that the view is scrolled."));
 export const scrollbarSliderBackground = registerColor('scrollbarSlider.background', { dark: Color.fromHex('#797979').transparent(0.4), light: Color.fromHex('#646464').transparent(0.4), hc: transparent(contrastBorder, 0.6) }, nls.localize('scrollbarSliderBackground', "Scrollbar slider background color."));