diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
index 64729135d35ee..420ec0846fda1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
@@ -5283,8 +5283,7 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
             contentView.setInt(R.id.expand_button, "setDefaultPillColor", pillColor);
             // Use different highlighted colors except when low-priority mode prevents that
             if (!p.mReduceHighlights) {
-                textColor = getBackgroundColor(p);
-                pillColor = getAccentColor(p);
+                pillColor = getAccentTertiaryColor(p);
             }
             contentView.setInt(R.id.expand_button, "setHighlightTextColor", textColor);
             contentView.setInt(R.id.expand_button, "setHighlightPillColor", pillColor);
@@ -6218,6 +6217,25 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
             return ColorUtils.blendARGB(getPrimaryTextColor(p), getBackgroundColor(p), 0.8f);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Gets the tertiary accent color for colored UI elements. If we're tinting with the theme
+         * accent, this comes from the tertiary system accent palette, otherwise this would be
+         * identical to {@link #getSmallIconColor(StandardTemplateParams)}.
+         */
+        private @ColorInt int getAccentTertiaryColor(StandardTemplateParams p) {
+            if (isColorized(p)) {
+                return getPrimaryTextColor(p);
+            }
+            if (mTintWithThemeAccent) {
+                int color = obtainThemeColor(com.android.internal.R.attr.colorAccentTertiary,
+                        COLOR_INVALID);
+                if (color != COLOR_INVALID) {
+                    return color;
+                }
+            }
+            return getContrastColor(p);
+        }
+
         /**
          * Gets the theme's error color, or the primary text color for colorized notifications.
          */