diff --git a/amenity-points.mss b/amenity-points.mss
index 9ca94dd1f7..4098182bc5 100644
--- a/amenity-points.mss
+++ b/amenity-points.mss
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
       [feature = 'amenity_school'],
       [feature = 'amenity_college'],
       [feature = 'amenity_university'] {
-        text-fill: darken(@educational_areas_and_hospital, 70%);
+        text-fill: darken(@societal_amenities, 70%);
       }
       [feature = 'natural_heath'] {
         text-fill: darken(@heath, 40%);
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@
       }
       [feature = 'leisure_sports_centre'],
       [feature = 'leisure_stadium'] {
-        text-fill: darken(@stadium, 30%);
+        text-fill: darken(@stadium, 70%);
       }
       [feature = 'leisure_track'] {
         text-fill: darken(@track, 40%);
diff --git a/landcover.mss b/landcover.mss
index 132b135630..f842a1af35 100644
--- a/landcover.mss
+++ b/landcover.mss
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 // --- Parks, woods, other green things ---
 
 @grass: #cdebb0; // also meadow, common, garden, village_green
-@golf_course: #b5e3b5;
 @scrub: #b5e3b5;
 @forest: #add19e;       // Lch(80,30,135)
 @forest-text: #46673b;  // Lch(40,30,135)
 @park: #c8facc;         // Lch(94,30,145) also recreation_ground
 @orchard: #aedfa3;
 
-// --- sports ---
-
-@stadium: #3c9; // also sports_centre
-@track: #74dcba;
-@pitch: #8ad3af;
-
 // --- "base" landuses ---
 
 @residential: #e0dfdf;      // Lch(89,0,0)
@@ -53,13 +46,20 @@
 @power-line: darken(@industrial-line, 5%);
 @rest_area: #efc8c8; // also services
 @sand: #f5e9c6;
-@educational_areas_and_hospital: #f0f0d8;
+@societal_amenities: #f0f0d8;
 @station: #d4aaaa;
 @tourism: #734a08;
 @quarry: #c5c3c3;
 @military: #f55;
 @beach: #fff1ba;
 
+// --- sports ---
+
+@pitch: #80d7b5;
+@track: @pitch;
+@stadium: @societal_amenities; // also sports_centre
+@golf_course: #b5e3b5;
+
 #landcover-low-zoom[zoom < 10],
 #landcover[zoom >= 10] {
 
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
     [zoom >= 10] {
       polygon-fill: @residential;
       [zoom >= 12] {
-        polygon-fill: @educational_areas_and_hospital;
+        polygon-fill: @societal_amenities;
         [zoom >= 13] {
           line-width: 0.3;
           line-color: brown;
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
     polygon-fill: @track;
     [zoom >= 15] {
       line-width: 0.5;
-      line-color: saturate(darken(@track, 40%), 20%);
+      line-color: saturate(darken(@track, 30%), 20%);
     }
     [way_pixels >= 4]  { polygon-gamma: 0.75; }
     [way_pixels >= 64] { polygon-gamma: 0.3;  }
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
     polygon-fill: @pitch;
     [zoom >= 15] {
       line-width: 0.5;
-      line-color: saturate(darken(@pitch, 40%), 20%);
+      line-color: saturate(darken(@pitch, 30%), 20%);
     }
     [way_pixels >= 4]  { polygon-gamma: 0.75; }
     [way_pixels >= 64] { polygon-gamma: 0.3;  }