diff --git a/assets/css/base.css b/assets/css/base.css
index 53919ae..d238799 100644
--- a/assets/css/base.css
+++ b/assets/css/base.css
@@ -3737,6 +3737,25 @@ html[data-theme="light"] .lt-textarea:focus-visible {
   border-color: var(--accent-cyan);
   box-shadow: var(--box-glow-cyan);
 }
+
+/* Native <select> popup in light mode.
+   `.lt-select` sets `color-scheme: dark` on the element itself, which beats the
+   `color-scheme: light` declared on <html>, so the browser drew the dropdown with
+   dark chrome even in light mode. Reset it per element, and re-tint the option
+   list, which is otherwise hardcoded to #0d1117 for the dark theme. */
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-select { color-scheme: light; }
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-select option,
+html[data-theme="light"] select option {
+  background: var(--bg-input);
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+}
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-select option:hover,
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-select option:focus,
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-select option:checked,
+html[data-theme="light"] select option:checked {
+  background: var(--accent-orange-dim);
+  color: var(--accent-orange);
+}
 html[data-theme="light"] .lt-label { color: var(--text-muted); }
 
 /* — Buttons — */
diff --git a/assets/css/ticket.css b/assets/css/ticket.css
index b34b055..0ef17bd 100644
--- a/assets/css/ticket.css
+++ b/assets/css/ticket.css
@@ -54,10 +54,18 @@ body.edit-mode .editable-metadata {
   text-transform: uppercase;
   letter-spacing: 0.05em;
 }
-.lt-status-select.lt-status-open      { color: var(--lt-success, #00ff41); border-color: var(--lt-success, #00ff41); }
-.lt-status-select.lt-status-pending   { color: var(--lt-amber,   #ffb000); border-color: var(--lt-amber,   #ffb000); }
-.lt-status-select.lt-status-in-progress { color: var(--lt-cyan,  #00ffff); border-color: var(--lt-cyan,   #00ffff); }
-.lt-status-select.lt-status-closed    { color: var(--lt-danger,  #ff4d4d); border-color: var(--lt-danger, #ff4d4d); }
+/* --lt-success / --lt-amber / --lt-cyan / --lt-danger are not defined anywhere,
+   so these always fell through to the hardcoded neon fallbacks — unreadable on
+   the light theme's white input background. The --accent-* tokens carry the same
+   hues and are redefined for light mode in base.css.
+
+   The leading .lt-select is needed for specificity: base.css's
+   `html[data-theme="light"] .lt-select` (0,2,1) would otherwise outrank a plain
+   two-class selector and repaint every status the same near-black. */
+.lt-select.lt-status-select.lt-status-open        { color: var(--accent-green); border-color: var(--accent-green); }
+.lt-select.lt-status-select.lt-status-pending     { color: var(--accent-amber); border-color: var(--accent-amber); }
+.lt-select.lt-status-select.lt-status-in-progress { color: var(--accent-cyan);  border-color: var(--accent-cyan); }
+.lt-select.lt-status-select.lt-status-closed      { color: var(--accent-red);   border-color: var(--accent-red); }
 
 /* ── Ticket meta KV grid ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 .ticket-meta-grid {
