diff --git a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMFlightModesComponent.qml b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMFlightModesComponent.qml
index 34c76beca06af5ad19b131fa9a801da52e661bd6..e6ad1414edc6f748baa48149a43787aac1d67020 100644
--- a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMFlightModesComponent.qml
+++ b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMFlightModesComponent.qml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ QGCView {
                             QGCLabel {
                                 anchors.baseline:   modeCombo.baseline
                                 text:               "Flight Mode " + index + ":"
-                                color:              controller.activeFlightMode == index ? qgcPal.buttonHighlight : qgcPal.text
+                                color:              controller.activeFlightMode == index ? "yellow" : qgcPal.text
                             }
 
                             FactComboBox {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ QGCView {
                             QGCLabel {
                                 anchors.baseline:   optCombo.baseline
                                 text:               "Channel option " + index + ":"
-                                color:              controller.channelOptionEnabled[modelData] ? qgcPal.buttonHighlight : qgcPal.text
+                                color:              controller.channelOptionEnabled[modelData] ? "yellow" : qgcPal.text
                             }
 
                             FactComboBox {