diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass
index 5f6d13b4ea1aa0b90941ddd9fe2d2895d88742f9..5ac7b61b494fd5b02e728b00924be9bb5320de75 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ $hero-height: 300px !default
 $hero-height-desktop: 500px !default
 $hero-color: $color-text !default
 $hero-background-color: $color-background-alt !default
+$hero-credit-color: $color-text-alt !default
 
 // Breadcrumb
 $breadcrumb-color: $hero-color !default
diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/_utils.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/_utils.sass
index 0e9fd77345bf757f181cbf8f230ad8f80780306c..f6263cbf9a05cc7bff325c07bde54659cdd7a9fa 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/_utils.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/_utils.sass
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ $space-unit: 4 !default
 @mixin collapsed-figcaption
     figcaption
         @include meta
-        color: $color-text-alt
+        color: $hero-credit-color
         position: absolute
         display: block
         left: 0