diff --git a/src/labels/labels.scss b/src/labels/labels.scss
index b47fba2b..d54132d8 100644
--- a/src/labels/labels.scss
+++ b/src/labels/labels.scss
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 }
 
 .Label--gray-darker {
-  color: var(--color-auto-gray-9); // stylelint-disable-line primer/colors
+  color: var(--color-text-primary); // stylelint-disable-line primer/colors
   border-color: var(--color-auto-gray-5); // stylelint-disable-line primer/borders
 }