diff --git a/css/foundation/_settings.scss b/css/foundation/_settings.scss
index c72c5626d1ad53c3d97164ab3ede4a9383c8d6f0..1e581b72ea3dafc940a0ca0611ed73d7c36c5d37 100644
--- a/css/foundation/_settings.scss
+++ b/css/foundation/_settings.scss
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ $badge-background: $primary-color;
 $badge-color: foreground($badge-background);
 $badge-padding: 0.3em;
 $badge-minwidth: 2.1em;
-$badge-font-size: 0.6rem;
+$badge-font-size: inherit;
 
 // 10. Breadcrumbs
 // ---------------