diff --git a/packages/css/src/components/alert/alert.scss b/packages/css/src/components/alert/alert.scss
index 52a0e0a817..12316c6485 100644
--- a/packages/css/src/components/alert/alert.scss
+++ b/packages/css/src/components/alert/alert.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 .ams-alert {
   align-items: flex-start;
+  background-color: var(--ams-alert-background-color);
   border-style: var(--ams-alert-border-style);
   border-width: var(--ams-alert-border-width);
   display: flex;
@@ -23,21 +24,17 @@
 }
 
 .ams-alert--error {
-  background-color: var(--ams-alert-error-background-color);
   border-color: var(--ams-alert-error-border-color);
 }
 
 .ams-alert--info {
-  background-color: var(--ams-alert-info-background-color);
   border-color: var(--ams-alert-info-border-color);
 }
 
 .ams-alert--success {
-  background-color: var(--ams-alert-success-background-color);
   border-color: var(--ams-alert-success-border-color);
 }
 
 .ams-alert--warning {
-  background-color: var(--ams-alert-warning-background-color);
   border-color: var(--ams-alert-warning-border-color);
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Alert/Alert.tsx b/packages/react/src/Alert/Alert.tsx
index d3d4357f07..fddfb9841d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Alert/Alert.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Alert/Alert.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const Alert = forwardRef(
           )}
           {children}
         </div>
-        {closeable && <IconButton contrastColor label={closeButtonLabel} size={alertSize} onClick={onClose} />}
+        {closeable && <IconButton label={closeButtonLabel} size={alertSize} onClick={onClose} />}
       </Tag>
     )
   },
diff --git a/proprietary/tokens/src/components/ams/alert.tokens.json b/proprietary/tokens/src/components/ams/alert.tokens.json
index 3d0c670451..d7857e68f1 100644
--- a/proprietary/tokens/src/components/ams/alert.tokens.json
+++ b/proprietary/tokens/src/components/ams/alert.tokens.json
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 {
   "ams": {
     "alert": {
+      "background-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.neutral.0}" },
       "border-width": { "value": "{ams.border.width.xl}" },
       "border-style": { "value": "solid" },
       "gap": { "value": "{ams.space.sm}" },
       "padding-block": { "value": "{ams.space.md}" },
       "padding-inline": { "value": "{ams.space.lg}" },
       "error": {
-        "background-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.red.20}" },
         "border-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.red.60}" }
       },
       "info": {
-        "background-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.azure.20}" },
         "border-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.azure.60}" }
       },
       "success": {
-        "background-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.green.20}" },
         "border-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.green.60}" }
       },
       "warning": {
-        "background-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.orange.20}" },
         "border-color": { "value": "{ams.brand.color.orange.60}" }
       },
       "content": {