diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss
index 0e4d8c140aa2d7a6cdc77d58022ca6e88f9af32f..9807c5a808d10ca8060020a062c93031d70e6663 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ form.edit-issue {
 .merge-request,
 .issue {
   &.today {
-    background: #f8feef;
+    background: #f3fff2;
     border-color: #e1e8d5;
   }