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title: Abandoned cart email button keeps default color
description: "You change the color on your abandoned cart email, but the button still shows the default color. **Why this happens.** The email has two separate color…"
url: "https://homerunner.io/docs/i-changed-the-color-on-my-abandoned-cart-email-but-the-button-is-still-the-defau/"
updated: "2026-10-26"
category: Setup and plugins
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# Abandoned cart email button keeps default color

You change the color on your abandoned cart email, but the button still shows the default color.

**Why this happens.** The email has two separate color settings that control different things. **Accent Color** styles the headings and accents in the email body. The button is controlled by a separate setting, **Button Color**. Changing the accent color has no effect on the button.

**To change the button color:**

1. Go to **Conversion Kit**, then the **Emails** screen.
2. Open the **Cart Recovery** email.
3. Find the field labeled **Button Color** (not **Accent Color**) and set it to the color you want.
4. Save, then trigger or preview the email again.

**If Button Color is empty.** The email falls back to your brand kit's button color. If that is also empty, it uses the built-in default.

The same applies to the other automated emails. Each has its own **Button Color**, and the brand kit provides the fallback for any email that does not set one.

Still stuck? [Contact the HomeRunner team](https://homerunner.io/contact/) with your site address and what you tried, and we take it from there.