diff --git a/public/sass/_variables.light.scss b/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
index 90262a3134c..bb38579ce2d 100644
--- a/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
+++ b/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $page-bg:  		  		    $white;
 $body-color:    		    $gray-1;
 $text-color:    		    $gray-1;
 $text-color-strong:	    $white;
-$text-color-weak: 	    $gray-1;
+$text-color-weak: 	    $gray-2;
 $text-color-faint:      $gray-3;
 $text-color-emphasis: 	$dark-5;