# Adjusting the highlight color

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/adjusting-the-highlight-color/46618>\
**Category:** Using Ghost\
**Created:** [April 16, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/adjusting-the-highlight-color/46618 "2024-04-16T23:12:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![spendlove](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/spendlove/32/29614_2.png) [@spendlove](https://forum.ghost.org/u/spendlove)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/adjusting-the-highlight-color/46618/1 "2024-04-16T23:12:04Z")

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The default highlight color is a radioactive yellow. Can this be changed in the Editor, or does it require color code changes at the theme level?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/adjusting-the-highlight-color/46618/2 "2024-04-17T02:22:05Z")

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You can use code injection to override the highlight color 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kevin/32/32_2.png) [@Kevin](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/adjusting-the-highlight-color/46618/3 "2024-04-17T08:41:15Z")

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How to do this was explained previously in your earlier topic

> [@What if I want to use red text?](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-if-i-want-to-use-red-text/46271/3):
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> It may be preferable to style the highlight format to avoid unintentional styling of strong+italic combinations. Highlight formatting can be applied by selecting your text and pressingCmd+Option+H/Ctrl+Alt+H - you can see all shortcuts by opening the post settings menu and clicking the Keyboard shortcuts button ([docs](https://ghost.org/help/keyboard-shortcuts/)). Styling can be achieved by adding this to your code injection head setting: \<style\> mark { color: red; background-color: transparent; } \</style\> Note: In both cases me…

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**Author:** ![spendlove](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/spendlove/32/29614_2.png) [@spendlove](https://forum.ghost.org/u/spendlove)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/adjusting-the-highlight-color/46618/4 "2024-04-19T23:08:20Z")

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Ooops, I forgot about my other post. I have now have this working, so thank you.