diff --git a/website/assets/css/_components/_code.sass b/website/assets/css/_components/_code.sass
index 83462ef72..06190021f 100644
--- a/website/assets/css/_components/_code.sass
+++ b/website/assets/css/_components/_code.sass
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 
 *:not(.c-code-block) > code
     font: normal 600 0.8em/#{1} $font-code
-    background: rgba($color-front, 0.05)
-    box-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba($color-front, 0.1)
+    background: darken($color-theme-light, 5)
+    box-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba($color-front, 0.05)
     text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba($color-back, 0.5)
     color: $color-front
     padding: 0.1em 0.5em