diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 7d3ce3e8..cbcdc8c1 100755
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ Mathematica:
   language_id: 224
 Matlab:
   type: programming
-  color: "#bb92ac"
+  color: "#e16737"
   aliases:
   - octave
   extensions: