diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangeListChooserPanel.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangeListChooserPanel.java
index dd9762969f3b..122c06193f72 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangeListChooserPanel.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangeListChooserPanel.java
@@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ public class ChangeListChooserPanel extends JPanel {
 
     public MyEditorComboBox() {
       super(PREF_WIDTH);
-      JBColor fg = new JBColor(0x00b53d, 0x24953c);
-      TextIcon icon = new TextIcon("New", fg, ColorUtil.toAlpha(fg, 40), JBUI.scale(2));
+      JBColor fg = new JBColor(0x00b53d, 0x6ba65d);
+      JBColor bg = new JBColor(0xebfcf1, 0x313b32);
+      TextIcon icon = new TextIcon("New", fg, bg, JBUI.scale(2));
       icon.setFont(RelativeFont.TINY.derive(getFont()));
       icon.setRound(JBUI.scale(4));
       JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushTargetPanel.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushTargetPanel.java
index 1a559378c60d..5f8fd5b3a0b9 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushTargetPanel.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushTargetPanel.java
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public class GitPushTargetPanel extends PushTargetPanel<GitPushTarget> {
 
   private static final Comparator<GitRemoteBranch> REMOTE_BRANCH_COMPARATOR = new MyRemoteBranchComparator();
   private static final String SEPARATOR = " : ";
-  private static final Color NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_FG = new JBColor(0x00b53d, 0x24953c);
-  private static final Color NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_BG = ColorUtil.toAlpha(NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_FG, 40);
+  private static final Color NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_FG = new JBColor(0x00b53d, 0x6ba65d);
+  private static final Color NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_BG = new JBColor(0xebfcf1, 0x313b32);
   private static final RelativeFont NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_FONT = RelativeFont.TINY.small();
   private static final TextIcon NEW_BRANCH_LABEL = new TextIcon("New", NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_FG, NEW_BRANCH_LABEL_BG, 0);