diff --git a/modules/contextual/contextual.css b/modules/contextual/contextual.css
index 3776c925d4605b54d25bf5e9fd2b6bd260532ce5..12816356adeff10ef11acea10ca3e4af21fe626e 100644
--- a/modules/contextual/contextual.css
+++ b/modules/contextual/contextual.css
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ div.contextual-links-wrapper a {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 ul.contextual-links li a {
-  color: #333;
+  /* Color made important so not easily overriden with '#footer a' type selectors */
+  color: #333 !important;
   display: block;
   margin: 0.25em 0;
   padding: 0.25em 1em 0.25em 0.5em;