diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/config_panel/layer_panel.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/config_panel/layer_panel.tsx
index cc456e843bb68..58787ae632943 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/config_panel/layer_panel.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/config_panel/layer_panel.tsx
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ export function LayerPanel(
                     const isFromTheSameGroup =
                       isDraggedOperation(dragging) &&
                       dragging.groupId === group.groupId &&
-                      dragging.columnId !== accessor &&
-                      dragging.groupId !== 'y'; // TODO: remove this line when https://github.com/elastic/elastic-charts/issues/868 is fixed
+                      dragging.columnId !== accessor;
 
                     const isDroppable = isDraggedOperation(dragging)
                       ? dragType === 'reorder'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/color_assignment.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/color_assignment.ts
index e5764eaf0e8c0..210101dc25c76 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/color_assignment.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/color_assignment.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export type ColorAssignments = Record<
   string,
   {
     totalSeriesCount: number;
-    getRank(layer: LayerColorConfig, seriesKey: string, yAccessor: string): number;
+    getRank(sortedLayer: LayerColorConfig, seriesKey: string, yAccessor: string): number;
   }
 >;
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export function getColorAssignments(
     );
     return {
       totalSeriesCount,
-      getRank(layer: LayerColorConfig, seriesKey: string, yAccessor: string) {
-        const layerIndex = paletteLayers.indexOf(layer);
+      getRank(sortedLayer: LayerColorConfig, seriesKey: string, yAccessor: string) {
+        const layerIndex = paletteLayers.findIndex((l) => sortedLayer.layerId === l.layerId);
         const currentSeriesPerLayer = seriesPerLayer[layerIndex];
         const splitRank = currentSeriesPerLayer.splits.indexOf(seriesKey);
         return (
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ export function getColorAssignments(
             : seriesPerLayer
                 .slice(0, layerIndex)
                 .reduce((sum, perLayer) => sum + perLayer.numberOfSeries, 0)) +
-          (layer.splitAccessor && splitRank !== -1 ? splitRank * layer.accessors.length : 0) +
-          layer.accessors.indexOf(yAccessor)
+          (sortedLayer.splitAccessor && splitRank !== -1
+            ? splitRank * sortedLayer.accessors.length
+            : 0) +
+          sortedLayer.accessors.indexOf(yAccessor)
         );
       },
     };
@@ -94,13 +96,12 @@ export function getAccessorColorConfig(
   colorAssignments: ColorAssignments,
   frame: FramePublicAPI,
   layer: LayerConfig,
-  sortedAccessors: string[],
   paletteService: PaletteRegistry
 ): AccessorConfig[] {
   const layerContainsSplits = Boolean(layer.splitAccessor);
   const currentPalette: PaletteOutput = layer.palette || { type: 'palette', name: 'default' };
   const totalSeriesCount = colorAssignments[currentPalette.name].totalSeriesCount;
-  return sortedAccessors.map((accessor) => {
+  return layer.accessors.map((accessor) => {
     const currentYConfig = layer.yConfig?.find((yConfig) => yConfig.forAccessor === accessor);
     if (layerContainsSplits) {
       return {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.test.ts
index d780ce85bad69..cab1a0185333f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.test.ts
@@ -558,6 +558,30 @@ describe('xy_visualization', () => {
         const accessorConfig = breakdownConfig!.accessors[0];
         expect(typeof accessorConfig !== 'string' && accessorConfig.palette).toEqual(customColors);
       });
+
+      it('should respect the order of accessors coming from datasource', () => {
+        mockDatasource.publicAPIMock.getTableSpec.mockReturnValue([
+          { columnId: 'c' },
+          { columnId: 'b' },
+        ]);
+        const paletteGetter = jest.spyOn(paletteServiceMock, 'get');
+        // overrite palette with a palette returning first blue, then green as color
+        paletteGetter.mockReturnValue({
+          id: 'default',
+          title: '',
+          getColors: jest.fn(),
+          toExpression: jest.fn(),
+          getColor: jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce('blue').mockReturnValueOnce('green'),
+        });
+
+        const yConfigs = callConfigForYConfigs({});
+        expect(yConfigs?.accessors[0].columnId).toEqual('c');
+        expect(yConfigs?.accessors[0].color).toEqual('blue');
+        expect(yConfigs?.accessors[1].columnId).toEqual('b');
+        expect(yConfigs?.accessors[1].color).toEqual('green');
+
+        paletteGetter.mockClear();
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.tsx
index ebf80c61e0cd1..e05871fd35a5e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.tsx
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ export const getXyVisualization = ({
       mappedAccessors = getAccessorColorConfig(
         colorAssignments,
         frame,
-        layer,
-        sortedAccessors,
+        {
+          ...layer,
+          accessors: sortedAccessors.filter((sorted) => layer.accessors.includes(sorted)),
+        },
         paletteService
       );
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel.tsx
index cd8a5993d3ecb..dc6ce285754fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import { TooltipWrapper } from './tooltip_wrapper';
 import { getAxesConfiguration } from './axes_configuration';
 import { PalettePicker } from '../shared_components';
 import { getAccessorColorConfig, getColorAssignments } from './color_assignment';
+import { getSortedAccessors } from './to_expression';
 
 type UnwrapArray<T> = T extends Array<infer P> ? P : T;
 type AxesSettingsConfigKeys = keyof AxesSettingsConfig;
@@ -579,6 +580,9 @@ const ColorPicker = ({
   const currentColor = useMemo(() => {
     if (overwriteColor || !frame.activeData) return overwriteColor;
 
+    const datasource = frame.datasourceLayers[layer.layerId];
+    const sortedAccessors: string[] = getSortedAccessors(datasource, layer);
+
     const colorAssignments = getColorAssignments(
       state.layers,
       { tables: frame.activeData },
@@ -587,11 +591,14 @@ const ColorPicker = ({
     const mappedAccessors = getAccessorColorConfig(
       colorAssignments,
       frame,
-      layer,
-      [accessor],
+      {
+        ...layer,
+        accessors: sortedAccessors.filter((sorted) => layer.accessors.includes(sorted)),
+      },
       paletteService
     );
-    return mappedAccessors[0].color;
+
+    return mappedAccessors.find((a) => a.columnId === accessor)?.color || null;
   }, [overwriteColor, frame, paletteService, state.layers, accessor, formatFactory, layer]);
 
   const [color, setColor] = useState(currentColor);