diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/configuration/components.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/configuration/components.sass
index 8943d7fe0dd333923674a436cb8261a8998a0022..0085fdd2e45c8c9109189c52ce51ac11d926e437 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/configuration/components.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/configuration/components.sass
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ $header-dropdown-transition: $header-transition !default
 $header-sticky-enabled: true !default
 $header-sticky-background: var(--color-background) !default
 $header-sticky-dropdown-background: $header-sticky-background !default
+$header-sticky-dropdown-color: $header-dropdown-color !default
 $header-sticky-color: $header-color !default
 $header-sticky-transition: $header-transition !default
 $header-nav-padding-y: pxToRem(20) !default
diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/header.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/header.sass
index 180d82e71c288b16786fdcc36bb2f7db2df85f84..2a848c9c279f0ed83ae2fdd1ea627aa7558f9c7b 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/header.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/header.sass
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ header#document-header
         width: 100%
     .dropdown-menu
         transition: background $header-sticky-transition
-    &.is-sticky, html.has-menu-opened &
+    &.is-sticky
         background: $header-sticky-background
         color: $header-sticky-color
         .pagefind-ui__toggle
             color: $header-sticky-color
         .dropdown-menu
             background: $header-sticky-dropdown-background
+            color: $header-sticky-dropdown-color
         .menu
             a,
             a:hover,