diff --git a/beamerthemeawesome.sty b/beamerthemeawesome.sty
index 7ed306a..5a8e99a 100644
--- a/beamerthemeawesome.sty
+++ b/beamerthemeawesome.sty
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 \definecolor{awesomewhite}{HTML}{ffffff}
 \definecolor{awesomeblue}{HTML}{1c71d8}
 \definecolor{awesomegreen}{HTML}{26a269}
-\definecolor{awesomehighlight}{HTML}{c01c28}
+\definecolor{awesomehighlight}{HTML}{ae3342}
 \definecolor{awesomehighlightlight}{HTML}{E46271}
 
 \setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=awesomehighlight}
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@
 				\fi%
 			\fi%
 			\hfill%
-			\colorbox{awesomehighlight!70}{
+			\colorbox{awesomehighlight}{
+				\color{white}
 				\hspace{0.3cm}
 				\ifawesome@english@
 					Page
@@ -465,7 +466,8 @@
 			\hfill%
 			\inserttitle%
 			\hfill%
-			\colorbox{awesomehighlight!70}{
+			\colorbox{awesomehighlight}{
+				\color{white}
 				\hspace{0.3cm}
 				\ifawesome@english@
 					Page