diff --git a/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss b/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss
index c06f393f0bdb95715fef797cf81dc6cad97f582c..d87d5bc0ddfcd2d24c3fe5b9008d0c09716f6715 100644
--- a/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss
+++ b/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
   }
 
   .masthead-black-bar {
+    background-color: $ebi-colour-dark;
+
     a,
     a:hover,
     ul.menu li a:hover,
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@
 
     // masthead dropdwon styles
     .dropdown-pane {
-      background-color: #333;
+      background-color: $ebi-colour-dark;
       background-position: 100% 100%;
       background-repeat: no-repeat;
       color: #fff;
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@
     h1,
     #local-title p,
     #local-title a {
-      color: #222;
+      color: $ebi-colour-dark;
     }
   }
   body.section-home .masthead {
diff --git a/css/ebi-css-build/ebi-global.scss b/css/ebi-css-build/ebi-global.scss
index badf506f4f85e67da8737dbc7fa70ddbab582626..a6f95617f7c3ecb4389ceb8b0557f35bf8851d54 100644
--- a/css/ebi-css-build/ebi-global.scss
+++ b/css/ebi-css-build/ebi-global.scss
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
   a.button, a.button:visited { color: $ebi-colour-light; white-space: nowrap; }
 
   // Colour - defaults to be reset by custom stylesheet
-  .masthead-black-bar { background-color: #333; }
   h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { color: $body-font-color; }
 
   h4 { color: $ebi-colour-medium-grey; }