diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
index 8b6d31130d0d338632ee365d29306de3bd174ce4..815f76e7689d885be5dca84ddd9df33ba9838bde 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export class SettingsEditor2 extends BaseEditor {
 			if (foregroundColor) {
 				// Links appear inside other elements in markdown. CSS opacity acts like a mask. So we have to dynamically compute the description color to avoid
 				// applying an opacity to the link color.
-				const fgWithOpacity = new Color(new RGBA(foregroundColor.rgba.r, foregroundColor.rgba.g, foregroundColor.rgba.b, .7));
+				const fgWithOpacity = new Color(new RGBA(foregroundColor.rgba.r, foregroundColor.rgba.g, foregroundColor.rgba.b, .9));
 				collector.addRule(`.settings-editor > .settings-body > .settings-tree-container .setting-item .setting-item-description { color: ${fgWithOpacity}; }`);
 			}
 		}));