diff --git a/src/palette.c b/src/palette.c
index 5c63a918ad..c4d65404d1 100644
--- a/src/palette.c
+++ b/src/palette.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ void BlendPalettes(u32 selectedPalettes, u8 coeff, u32 color)
     BlendPalettesFine(selectedPalettes, gPlttBufferUnfaded, gPlttBufferFaded, coeff, color);
 }
 
-#define DEFAULT_LIGHT_COLOR 0x3f9f
+#define DEFAULT_LIGHT_COLOR RGB2GBA(248, 224, 120)
 
 // Like BlendPalette, but ignores blendColor if the transparency high bit is set
 // Optimization help by lucktyphlosion