diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon.h b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon.h
index 716febd7a..231221c93 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon.h
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ public:
      */
     QColor resolve(QIcon::Mode mode) const;
 
-    IconEmphasis getEmphasis() const
-    {
-        return emphasis;
-    }
-
 private:
     enum class Source
     {
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon_ink.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon_ink.cpp
index 7d77ef948..1b0748091 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon_ink.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/theme_icon_ink.cpp
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ QColor reachContrast(const QColor &color, const QColor &background, double minRa
     if (contrastRatio(color, background) >= minRatio) {
         return color;
     }
-    // Move away from the background: toward black on a light surface, toward
-    // white on a dark one. The hue is kept by interpolating, not by replacing.
-    const QColor pole = relativeLuminance(background) > 0.5 ? QColor(Qt::black) : QColor(Qt::white);
+    // Move away from the background: toward whichever pole actually reaches
+    // further. Black and white cross at a luminance of about 0.18, not 0.5, so
+    // the midpoint test would pick white on a surface where black is far more
+    // legible -- and could drag an ink that already cleared the floor to white.
+    // The hue is kept by interpolating, not by replacing.
+    const QColor black(Qt::black);
+    const QColor white(Qt::white);
+    const QColor pole = contrastRatio(black, background) >= contrastRatio(white, background) ? black : white;
     if (contrastRatio(pole, background) < minRatio) {
         return pole;
     }
diff --git a/tests/theme_migration/theme_icon_render_test.cpp b/tests/theme_migration/theme_icon_render_test.cpp
index c317c7e2f..f51282e0a 100644
--- a/tests/theme_migration/theme_icon_render_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/theme_migration/theme_icon_render_test.cpp
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ QColor expectedNeutralInk(const QPalette &palette)
                                   palette.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight));
 }
 
-/** @brief Opaque pixels that are not the given rim color, i.e. the gradient fill. */ int
-countOpaquePixelsOtherThan(const QPixmap &pixmap, const QColor &excluded)
+/** @brief Opaque pixels that are not the given rim color, i.e. the gradient fill. */
+int countOpaquePixelsOtherThan(const QPixmap &pixmap, const QColor &excluded)
 {
     const QImage image = pixmap.toImage();
     int count = 0;