diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 1daf8920..70302378 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ Java Server Pages:
 JavaScript:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: javascript
-  color: "#f7df1e"
+  color: "#f1e05a"
   aliases:
   - js
   - node
diff --git a/test/test_language.rb b/test/test_language.rb
index 423434fb..b84df02d 100644
--- a/test/test_language.rb
+++ b/test/test_language.rb
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class TestLanguage < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_color
     assert_equal '#701516', Language['Ruby'].color
     assert_equal '#3581ba', Language['Python'].color
-    assert_equal '#f7df1e', Language['JavaScript'].color
+    assert_equal '#f1e05a', Language['JavaScript'].color
     assert_equal '#31859c', Language['TypeScript'].color
   end