diff --git a/kjvstudy_org/templates/base.html b/kjvstudy_org/templates/base.html
index aa81fbc..9effc5e 100644
--- a/kjvstudy_org/templates/base.html
+++ b/kjvstudy_org/templates/base.html
@@ -670,14 +670,14 @@
                 border-left: 4px solid #999;
                 font-size: 0.95rem;
                 line-height: 1.6;
-                color: #000;
+                color: #444;
                 font-weight: 400;
             }
 
             [data-theme="dark"] .sidenote,
             [data-theme="dark"] .marginnote {
                 border-left-color: #666;
-                color: #e0e0e0;
+                color: #aaa;
             }
 
             .sidenote-number,