diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
index 9cbf203351f..e4068db1749 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
       >
         <span
           className={cn(
-            'block rounded-full border-2 border-emerald-500 border-t-transparent animate-spin',
+            'block rounded-full border-2 border-yellow-500 border-t-transparent animate-spin',
             inner
           )}
         />
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
           'block rounded-full',
           inner,
           state === 'blocked' || state === 'waiting' || state === 'permission'
-            ? 'bg-red-500 animate-pulse'
+            ? 'bg-red-500'
             : state === 'done'
-              ? 'bg-sky-500/80'
+              ? // Why: emerald-500 matches StatusIndicator's done dot so the
+                // dashboard and sidebar read as the same state.
+                'bg-emerald-500'
               : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
         )}
       />
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/AgentDashboard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/AgentDashboard.tsx
index 2f35a29db43..32d9f548412 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/AgentDashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/AgentDashboard.tsx
@@ -255,19 +255,19 @@ const AgentDashboard = React.memo(function AgentDashboard() {
                         <span className="ml-auto flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2 text-[10px] text-muted-foreground">
                           {groupRunning > 0 && (
                             <span>
-                              <span className="font-semibold text-emerald-500">{groupRunning}</span>{' '}
+                              <span className="font-semibold text-yellow-500">{groupRunning}</span>{' '}
                               active
                             </span>
                           )}
                           {groupBlocked > 0 && (
                             <span>
-                              <span className="font-semibold text-amber-500">{groupBlocked}</span>{' '}
+                              <span className="font-semibold text-red-500">{groupBlocked}</span>{' '}
                               blocked
                             </span>
                           )}
                           {groupDone > 0 && (
                             <span>
-                              <span className="font-semibold text-sky-500/80">{groupDone}</span>{' '}
+                              <span className="font-semibold text-emerald-500">{groupDone}</span>{' '}
                               done
                             </span>
                           )}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
index c30abe71b50..b9de553010d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import type { WorktreeStatus } from '@/lib/worktree-status'
+import { getWorktreeStatusLabel, type WorktreeStatus } from '@/lib/worktree-status'
 
 // Why: re-export WorktreeStatus under the existing `Status` alias so the
 // sidebar component and the canonical lib share one source of truth — the
@@ -15,15 +15,25 @@ type StatusIndicatorProps = React.ComponentProps<'span'> & {
 const StatusIndicator = React.memo(function StatusIndicator({
   status,
   className,
+  title,
   ...rest
 }: StatusIndicatorProps) {
+  // Why: surface the status label as a native tooltip so hovering the dot
+  // reveals the state — matters especially for 'active' vs 'inactive', which
+  // share the same grey dot (see color-branch comment below). Callers pass
+  // aria-hidden="true" alongside an sr-only label, so the `title` attribute
+  // is ignored by AT and only serves sighted users on hover. Callers can
+  // override by passing their own `title`.
+  const resolvedTitle = title ?? getWorktreeStatusLabel(status)
+
   if (status === 'working') {
     return (
       <span
         className={cn('inline-flex h-3 w-3 shrink-0 items-center justify-center', className)}
+        title={resolvedTitle}
         {...rest}
       >
-        <span className="block size-2 rounded-full border-2 border-emerald-500 border-t-transparent animate-spin" />
+        <span className="block size-2 rounded-full border-2 border-yellow-500 border-t-transparent animate-spin" />
       </span>
     )
   }
@@ -31,20 +41,22 @@ const StatusIndicator = React.memo(function StatusIndicator({
   return (
     <span
       className={cn('inline-flex h-3 w-3 shrink-0 items-center justify-center', className)}
+      title={resolvedTitle}
       {...rest}
     >
       <span
         className={cn(
           'block size-2 rounded-full',
-          status === 'active'
-            ? 'bg-emerald-500'
-            : status === 'permission'
-              ? 'bg-red-500'
-              : status === 'done'
-                ? // Why: sky-500/80 matches the dashboard AgentStateDot's
-                  // `done` color so the two surfaces read as the same state.
-                  'bg-sky-500/80'
-                : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
+          status === 'permission'
+            ? 'bg-red-500'
+            : status === 'done'
+              ? // Green dot for done; working uses a yellow spinner so the
+                // two states differ by both hue and motion. 'active' (terminal
+                // open, quiet) collapses to the same grey as 'inactive' — the
+                // tooltip carries the distinction for sighted users and the
+                // sr-only sibling in callers carries it for AT.
+                'bg-emerald-500'
+              : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
         )}
       />
     </span>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx
index 96115c43684..03dbb82de72 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ const WorktreeCard = React.memo(function WorktreeCard({
   // that the spinner flickered; the blocked/waiting/done states don't have
   // that problem — they're terminal (done) or attention-needed (blocked/
   // waiting) and persist until the user acts. Retained "done" snapshots are
-  // consulted too so the sky dot keeps glowing after the agent process exits,
+  // consulted too so the done dot keeps glowing after the agent process exits,
   // matching the dashboard's retention behavior.
   //
   // Priority (highest first): permission (blocked/waiting) > heuristic