diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/history.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/history.scss
index c3d004aa124..cd8ac1a7df5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/history.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/history.scss
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     font-weight: bold;
   }
   span.edit-reason {
-    background-color: lighten($highlight, 23%);
+    background-color: $highlight-medium;
     padding: 3px 5px 5px 5px;
   }
   .d-icon-ban {