diff --git a/Themes/Controls.xaml b/Themes/Controls.xaml
index ee70aa7..c46a5b2 100644
--- a/Themes/Controls.xaml
+++ b/Themes/Controls.xaml
@@ -757,6 +757,10 @@
         <!-- SegmentToggle's template hard-codes a Transparent face and paints the checked state
              itself, so an armed pill needs its own template that honours Background. -->
         <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
+        <!-- The label inherits this: without it the bare Control default (black) paints on the
+             dark bar and the pill looks empty. Session controls carry WHITE ink in every state;
+             the fill is what changes. -->
+        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource Brush.OnAccent}"/>
         <Setter Property="Template">
             <Setter.Value>
                 <ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
@@ -770,7 +774,6 @@
         <Style.Triggers>
             <Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                 <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Brush.Primary}"/>
-                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource Brush.OnAccent}"/>
             </Trigger>
         </Style.Triggers>
     </Style>
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs
index 259b733..cb1212e 100644
--- a/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs
+++ b/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ public class UiShellTests
 
         // 5. Armed session controls are red, and the running stop button is red — not a grey literal.
         Assert.Contains("x:Key=\"RecordPillToggle\"", theme);
+        // One rule for session controls: white ink in every state, the fill carries the state.
+        // The missing base foreground is what painted the REC/ON-AIR labels black (2026-10-30).
+        var pill = theme[theme.IndexOf("x:Key=\"RecordPillToggle\"", System.StringComparison.Ordinal)..];
+        pill = pill[..pill.IndexOf("</Style>", System.StringComparison.Ordinal)];
+        Assert.Contains("<Setter Property=\"Foreground\" Value=\"{StaticResource Brush.OnAccent}\"/>", pill);
         Assert.Contains("Brush.Primary", theme);
         Assert.Contains("Style=\"{StaticResource RecordPillToggle}\"", topBar);
         Assert.Contains("Background=\"{StaticResource Brush.Primary}\" Margin=\"14,0,0,0\"", topBar);