diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
index 6841adb637e9e6730a5ef247908b14299f6d6ad8..f2753dd0ac21af555ac56a91f81c66fb4c404f36 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ $warning-message-border: #f0e2bb;
  */
 $border-color: #e5e5e5;
 $focus-border-color: #3aabf0;
-$sidebar-collapsed-icon-color: #999;
 $well-expand-item: #e8f2f7;
 $well-inner-border: #eef0f2;
 $well-light-border: #f1f1f1;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
index 4426169ef5add281df9404dce2df7e6e26bad658..ddc0e78c7b619a94832a1697a25a2a02badd51ac 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
     svg {
       width: 16px;
       height: 16px;
-      fill: $sidebar-collapsed-icon-color;
+      fill: $issuable-sidebar-color;
     }
 
     &:hover svg {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/time-tracking-color-not-consistent.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/time-tracking-color-not-consistent.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50ec9efb1ff8bb1b7f21639e20ea7faaa4e3aa60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/time-tracking-color-not-consistent.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Corrected time tracking icon color in the issuable side bar
+merge_request:
+author: