diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss b/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss
index c8213c18c6..b9dd2efe89 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Button mixin- creates 3d-ish button effect with correct
  * highlights/shadows, based on a base color.
  */
-@mixin button( $button-color, $text-color: white ) {
+@mixin button( $button-color, $text-color: #fff ) {
 	background: $button-color;
 	border-color: darken( $button-color, 10% ) darken( $button-color, 15% ) darken( $button-color, 15% );
 	color: $text-color;
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index 9db4f52053..0976ed98ee 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ ul.striped > :nth-child(odd),
 }
 
 .wp-ui-highlight {
-	color: white;
+	color: #fff;
 	background-color: #1e8cbe;
 }
 .wp-ui-text-highlight {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/css/editor.css b/src/wp-includes/css/editor.css
index fa5e71a741..f0fadef8de 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/css/editor.css
+++ b/src/wp-includes/css/editor.css
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ i.mce-i-wp_code:before {
 }
 
 .js .tmce-active .wp-editor-area {
-	color: white;
+	color: #fff;
 }
 
 .tmce-active .quicktags-toolbar {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/css/wp-embed-template.css b/src/wp-includes/css/wp-embed-template.css
index 10ff56ef56..28e437c411 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/css/wp-embed-template.css
+++ b/src/wp-includes/css/wp-embed-template.css
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ body {
 	font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
 	line-height: 1.5;
 	color: #82878c;
-	background: white;
+	background: #fff;
 	border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
 	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .05);
 	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .05);