diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f252c82..07eb6ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,22 @@
 All notable changes to `@ngbracket/a11y-devtools` are documented here.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## 0.15.7
+
+### Fixed
+
+- The keyboard tab-order badges now pass a colour contrast check. Their white
+  digits sat on a teal fill at 3.93:1, below the 4.5:1 that text this size
+  needs, and axe flagged them on a dark-mode page. The fill is now `#0a7a7a`
+  (5.15:1). The orange badge for a positive `tabindex` had the same problem
+  (3.09:1) and is now `#b45309` (5.02:1). The lines joining the badges keep
+  their teal.
+- The finding labels now pass a colour contrast check too. Their white text
+  sat on the impact colour, which gave 2.42:1 to 4.11:1 for every impact except
+  critical. Labels now use a darker fill in the same hue: serious `#b45309`,
+  moderate `#8a6d00`, minor `#2563c4` and no impact `#666666`, all at least
+  4.9:1. The box outlines keep the original impact colours.
+
 ## 0.15.6
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 23ec5d8..94b9af8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngbracket/a11y-devtools",
-  "version": "0.15.6",
+  "version": "0.15.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@ngbracket/a11y-devtools",
-      "version": "0.15.6",
+      "version": "0.15.7",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "axe-core": "^4.13.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d9549d..e4d462e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngbracket/a11y-devtools",
-  "version": "0.15.6",
+  "version": "0.15.7",
   "description": "Finds accessibility problems in Angular apps and names the component behind each one. A dev overlay, or headless reports for CI.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Duncan Faulkner",
diff --git a/src/overlay.ts b/src/overlay.ts
index 67bb8f9..6d7f00a 100644
--- a/src/overlay.ts
+++ b/src/overlay.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ import type { AxDescription } from './keyboard/accname.js';
 import { keepInTopLayer } from './top-layer.js';
 
 const SVG_NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
-/** Tab-order path + badge colours: normal teal, warning orange for positive tabindex. */
+/** Tab-order connector line colour (teal). */
 const TAB_ORDER_COLOR = '#0b8f8f';
-const TAB_ORDER_WARN_COLOR = '#e8710a';
+/**
+ * Badge fills behind white 10px digits: at least 4.5:1 with white (teal 5.15,
+ * orange 5.02). The orange marks a positive-tabindex stop.
+ */
+const TAB_BADGE_FILL = '#0a7a7a';
+const TAB_BADGE_WARN_FILL = '#b45309';
 /** How far outside a control's left edge the tab-order badge sits, and its min viewport x. */
 const TAB_BADGE_GUTTER = 10;
 const TAB_BADGE_MIN_X = 9;
@@ -31,6 +36,18 @@ const IMPACT_COLOR: Record<NonNullable<Impact> | 'none', string> = {
   none: '#8a8a8a',
 };
 
+/**
+ * Label fill per impact, behind white 11px text: at least 4.5:1 with white, in
+ * the same hue as the border, so the labels pass a contrast check themselves.
+ */
+const IMPACT_LABEL_FILL: Record<NonNullable<Impact> | 'none', string> = {
+  critical: '#d32029',
+  serious: '#b45309',
+  moderate: '#8a6d00',
+  minor: '#2563c4',
+  none: '#666666',
+};
+
 function colorFor(impact: Impact): string {
   return IMPACT_COLOR[impact ?? 'none'];
 }
@@ -340,7 +357,7 @@ function buildAxPanelContent(doc: Document, data: AxPanelData): HTMLElement[] {
  * positive tabindex hijacks the natural order.
  */
 function buildBadge(doc: Document, stop: TabStop): HTMLElement {
-  const color = stop.positive ? TAB_ORDER_WARN_COLOR : TAB_ORDER_COLOR;
+  const color = stop.positive ? TAB_BADGE_WARN_FILL : TAB_BADGE_FILL;
   const badge = doc.createElement('div');
   badge.setAttribute('data-ngb-tab-order', String(stop.order));
   const owner = stop.component ? ` · ${stop.component}` : '';
@@ -402,7 +419,7 @@ function buildBox(doc: Document, finding: A11yFinding): HTMLElement {
     padding: '1px 4px',
     font: '11px/1.4 ui-monospace, monospace',
     color: '#fff',
-    background: color,
+    background: IMPACT_LABEL_FILL[finding.impact ?? 'none'],
     whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
   });
   box.appendChild(label);
diff --git a/src/testing/overlay.spec.ts b/src/testing/overlay.spec.ts
index cf75285..a619959 100644
--- a/src/testing/overlay.spec.ts
+++ b/src/testing/overlay.spec.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ function overlayRoot(): HTMLElement | null {
   return document.querySelector(`[${OVERLAY_ATTR}]`);
 }
 
+/** WCAG contrast of an `rgb(r, g, b)` fill against white text. */
+function contrastWithWhite(fill: string): number {
+  const lum = fill
+    .match(/\d+/g)!
+    .slice(0, 3)
+    .map((v) => Number(v) / 255)
+    .map((v) => (v <= 0.03928 ? v / 12.92 : ((v + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4))
+    .reduce((sum, v, i) => sum + v * [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722][i], 0);
+  return 1.05 / (lum + 0.05);
+}
+
 describe('createOverlay', () => {
   let overlay: A11yOverlay;
 
@@ -173,10 +184,36 @@ describe('createOverlay', () => {
     const a = targetEl('a');
     overlay.renderTabOrder([stop(a, { order: 1, positive: true, tabindex: 3 })]);
     const badge = overlayRoot()!.querySelector('[data-ngb-tab-order]') as HTMLElement;
-    expect(badge.style.background).toContain('rgb(232, 113, 10)'); // #e8710a warn
+    expect(badge.style.background).toContain('rgb(180, 83, 9)'); // #b45309 warn
     expect(badge.title).toContain('hijacks order');
   });
 
+  // White 11px label text needs 4.5:1 on its fill for every impact (axe
+  // flagged the overlay; serious, moderate, minor and none were 2.42 to 4.11).
+  it.each(['critical', 'serious', 'moderate', 'minor', null] as const)(
+    'gives a %s finding label at least 4.5:1 contrast with its white text',
+    (impact) => {
+      targetEl('target');
+      overlay.render([finding({ impact })]);
+      const label = overlayRoot()!.querySelector('[data-impact] span') as HTMLElement;
+      expect(label.style.color).toBe('rgb(255, 255, 255)');
+      expect(contrastWithWhite(label.style.background)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4.5);
+    },
+  );
+
+  // White 10px digits need 4.5:1 on the fill, in light and dark pages alike
+  // (axe flagged 3.93:1 on the old #0b8f8f teal).
+  it.each([
+    ['a normal stop', {}],
+    ['a positive-tabindex stop', { positive: true, tabindex: 3 }],
+  ])('gives %s badge at least 4.5:1 contrast with its white digits', (_, extra) => {
+    const a = targetEl('a');
+    overlay.renderTabOrder([stop(a, { order: 1, ...extra })]);
+    const badge = overlayRoot()!.querySelector('[data-ngb-tab-order]') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(badge.style.color).toBe('rgb(255, 255, 255)');
+    expect(contrastWithWhite(badge.style.background)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4.5);
+  });
+
   it('threads a connector polyline through the badge anchor points', () => {
     const a = targetEl('a', { top: 100, left: 50, width: 20, height: 20 });
     const b = targetEl('b', { top: 200, left: 60, width: 20, height: 20 });