diff --git a/src/assets/base.css b/src/assets/base.css
index a9e7a7a..ed696f1 100644
--- a/src/assets/base.css
+++ b/src/assets/base.css
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* color palette from <https://github.com/vuejs/theme> */
 :root {
+  color-scheme: only light;
+
   --vt-c-white: #ffffff;
   --vt-c-white-soft: #f8f8f8;
   --vt-c-white-mute: #f2f2f2;
@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@
 
 /* semantic color variables for this project */
 :root {
-  color-scheme: only dark;
-
   --color-background: var(--vt-c-white);
   --color-background-soft: var(--vt-c-white-soft);
   --color-background-mute: var(--vt-c-white-mute);