diff --git a/src/components/UndoSnackbar.tsx b/src/components/UndoSnackbar.tsx
index 5f84e9cf..2b11fb81 100644
--- a/src/components/UndoSnackbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UndoSnackbar.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import type { NativeStackNavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
 import { spacing, radius, typography, type ThemePalette } from '../theme/tokens';
 import { useColors } from '../theme/colors';
+import { undoSnackbarColors } from './undo-snackbar-colors';
 import { useEmailStore } from '../stores/email-store';
 import { useSendUndoStore, restoreUndoneSend, type PendingUndoSend } from '../stores/send-undo-store';
 import { useLocaleStore } from '../stores/locale-store';
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ export function UndoSnackbar() {
 }
 
 function makeStyles(c: ThemePalette) {
+  const colors = undoSnackbarColors(c);
   return StyleSheet.create({
     wrap: {
       position: 'absolute',
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ function makeStyles(c: ThemePalette) {
       paddingLeft: spacing.lg,
       paddingRight: spacing.sm,
       borderRadius: radius.md,
-      backgroundColor: c.text,
+      backgroundColor: colors.bar,
       shadowColor: '#000',
       shadowOpacity: 0.3,
       shadowRadius: 12,
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ function makeStyles(c: ThemePalette) {
     },
     label: {
       ...typography.body,
-      color: c.background,
+      color: colors.label,
       flex: 1,
     },
     undoBtn: {
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ function makeStyles(c: ThemePalette) {
     },
     undoText: {
       ...typography.bodySemibold,
-      color: c.primary,
+      color: colors.action,
       letterSpacing: 0.5,
     },
     sendNowText: {
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/undo-snackbar-contrast.test.ts b/src/components/__tests__/undo-snackbar-contrast.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a357e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/undo-snackbar-contrast.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { DARK_COLORS, LIGHT_COLORS, type ThemePalette } from '../../theme/tokens';
+import { BUILTIN_THEMES } from '../../theme/builtin-themes';
+import { undoSnackbarColors } from '../undo-snackbar-colors';
+
+// The undo bar (UndoSnackbar) is drawn in the text colour. Its UNDO button
+// used the primary colour, which is white in the default dark theme: white
+// on white, so in dark mode the bar showed "Email archived" and no visible
+// way to undo. The bound is 3:1, not 4.5:1, because Solarized's own text
+// and background are a little under 4.5:1.
+
+function luminance(hex: string): number {
+  const v = hex.replace('#', '');
+  const full = v.length === 3 ? v.split('').map((ch) => ch + ch).join('') : v.slice(0, 6);
+  const [r, g, b] = [0, 2, 4].map((i) => {
+    const c = parseInt(full.slice(i, i + 2), 16) / 255;
+    return c <= 0.03928 ? c / 12.92 : ((c + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4;
+  });
+  return 0.2126 * r + 0.7152 * g + 0.0722 * b;
+}
+
+function contrast(a: string, b: string): number {
+  const [hi, lo] = [luminance(a), luminance(b)].sort((x, y) => y - x);
+  return (hi + 0.05) / (lo + 0.05);
+}
+
+const palettes: Array<[string, ThemePalette]> = [
+  ['default light', LIGHT_COLORS],
+  ['default dark', DARK_COLORS],
+  ...BUILTIN_THEMES.flatMap((theme): Array<[string, ThemePalette]> => [
+    [`${theme.name} light`, { ...LIGHT_COLORS, ...theme.light } as ThemePalette],
+    [`${theme.name} dark`, { ...DARK_COLORS, ...theme.dark } as ThemePalette],
+  ]),
+];
+
+describe('undo bar', () => {
+  it.each(palettes)('UNDO is readable on the bar (%s)', (_name, palette) => {
+    const { bar, action } = undoSnackbarColors(palette);
+    expect(contrast(action, bar)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/undo-snackbar-colors.ts b/src/components/undo-snackbar-colors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed2c1221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/undo-snackbar-colors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { ThemePalette } from '../theme/tokens';
+
+/**
+ * Colours of the undo bar. The bar is drawn in the text colour, so what is
+ * on it takes the background colour. The primary colour can't be used for
+ * UNDO: the default dark theme's primary is white, like the bar.
+ */
+export function undoSnackbarColors(c: ThemePalette): { bar: string; label: string; action: string } {
+  return { bar: c.text, label: c.background, action: c.background };
+}