diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
index e266c39714d..7999893feef 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
@@ -114,8 +114,30 @@ def main_process(self, instance):
         # Prepare burnin options
         profile_options = copy.deepcopy(self.default_options)
         for key, value in (self.options or {}).items():
-            if value is not None:
-                profile_options[key] = value
+            if value is None:
+                continue
+
+            if key == "bg_color" and len(value) == 4:
+                bg_red, bg_green, bg_blue, bg_alpha = value
+                bg_color_hex = "#{0:0>2X}{1:0>2X}{2:0>2X}".format(
+                    bg_red, bg_green, bg_blue
+                )
+                bg_color_alpha = float(bg_alpha) / 255
+                profile_options["bg_opacity"] = bg_color_alpha
+                profile_options["bg_color"] = bg_color_hex
+                continue
+
+            elif key == "font_color" and len(value) == 4:
+                fg_red, fg_green, fg_blue, fg_alpha = value
+                fg_color_hex = "#{0:0>2X}{1:0>2X}{2:0>2X}".format(
+                    fg_red, fg_green, fg_blue
+                )
+                fg_color_alpha = float(fg_alpha) / 255
+                profile_options["opacity"] = fg_color_alpha
+                profile_options["font_color"] = fg_color_hex
+                continue
+
+            profile_options[key] = value
 
         # Prepare global burnin values from presets
         profile_burnins = {}
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
index 61db35ba792..712ec22cfcb 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
@@ -73,8 +73,18 @@
             "enabled": true,
             "options": {
                 "font_size": 42,
-                "opacity": 1.0,
-                "bg_opacity": 0.5,
+                "font_color": [
+                    255,
+                    255,
+                    255,
+                    255
+                ],
+                "bg_color": [
+                    0,
+                    0,
+                    0,
+                    127
+                ],
                 "x_offset": 5,
                 "y_offset": 5,
                 "bg_padding": 5
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json
index 1bd028ac79f..62de3110245 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json
@@ -301,20 +301,24 @@
                             "minimum": 0
                         },
                         {
-                            "type": "number",
-                            "key": "opacity",
-                            "label": "Font opacity",
-                            "decimal": 2,
-                            "maximum": 1,
-                            "minimum": 0
+                            "type": "schema_template",
+                            "name": "template_rgba_color",
+                            "template_data": [
+                                {
+                                    "label": "Font Color",
+                                    "name": "font_color"
+                                }
+                            ]
                         },
                         {
-                            "type": "number",
-                            "key": "bg_opacity",
-                            "label": "Background opacity",
-                            "decimal": 2,
-                            "maximum": 1,
-                            "minimum": 0
+                            "type": "schema_template",
+                            "name": "template_rgba_color",
+                            "template_data": [
+                                {
+                                    "label": "Background Color",
+                                    "name": "bg_color"
+                                }
+                            ]
                         },
                         {
                             "type": "number",