diff --git a/tokens/src/themes/light/components/IconButton.json b/tokens/src/themes/light/components/IconButton.json
index 62055ad4d7..692a6b1b70 100644
--- a/tokens/src/themes/light/components/IconButton.json
+++ b/tokens/src/themes/light/components/IconButton.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             "focus": { "value": "{color.icon-button.text.primary.base}", "type": "color" }
           },
           "inverse-active": {
-            "base": { "value": "{color.icon-button.bg.base}", "type": "color" },
+            "base": { "value": "{color.icon-button.accent}", "type": "color" },
             "hover": { "value": "{color.icon-button.accent}", "type": "color" },
             "focus": { "value": "{color.icon-button.accent}", "type": "color" }
           }