diff --git a/dist/mermaid.js b/dist/mermaid.js
index cc3a7ad67..f748b0dd7 100644
--- a/dist/mermaid.js
+++ b/dist/mermaid.js
@@ -57846,6 +57846,7 @@ exports.drawText = function (elem, textData, width) {
     //span.attr('x', textData.x);
     span.attr('x', textData.x + textData.textMargin * 2);
     //span.attr('dy', textData.dy);
+    span.attr("fill", textData.fill);
     span.text(nText);
     if (typeof textElem.textwrap !== 'undefined') {
 
@@ -57870,7 +57871,7 @@ exports.drawLabel = function (elem, txtObject) {
     }
     var polygon = elem.append("polygon");
     polygon.attr("points" , genPoints(txtObject.x, txtObject.y, 50, 20, 7));
-    polygon.attr("style", "fill:#e4db14;stroke:none");
+    polygon.attr("style", "fill:#526e52;stroke:none");
 
     txtObject.y = txtObject.y + txtObject.labelMargin;
     txtObject.x = txtObject.x + 0.5 * txtObject.labelMargin;
diff --git a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
index 96ab0d02c..cd0838cdb 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ exports.drawText = function(elem, textData, width) {
     //span.attr('x', textData.x);
     span.attr('x', textData.x+textData.textMargin*2);
     //span.attr('dy', textData.dy);
+    span.attr("fill", textData.fill);
     span.text(nText);
     if(typeof textElem.textwrap !== 'undefined'){
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ exports.drawLabel = function (elem, txtObject) {
     }
     var polygon = elem.append("polygon");
     polygon.attr("points" , genPoints(txtObject.x, txtObject.y, 50, 20, 7));
-    polygon.attr("style", "fill:#e4db14;stroke:none");
+    polygon.attr("style", "fill:#526e52;stroke:none");
 
     txtObject.y = txtObject.y + txtObject.labelMargin;
     txtObject.x = txtObject.x + 0.5 * txtObject.labelMargin;