diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index d87087d..dc95695 100755
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ $input-focus-box-shadow: $input-box-shadow; // hack to get upgrade to paragon 4.
 
 @import "~@edx/frontend-component-footer/dist/_footer";
 
+.alert .alert-icon {
+  color: black;
+}
+
 #root {
   // Removing a odd 1.5 scaling on checkboxes.:
   input[type=checkbox] {