diff --git a/src/events/page/speakers/components/SpeakerSelfEditSettings.tsx b/src/events/page/speakers/components/SpeakerSelfEditSettings.tsx
index 6464bd2..173c6be 100644
--- a/src/events/page/speakers/components/SpeakerSelfEditSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/events/page/speakers/components/SpeakerSelfEditSettings.tsx
@@ -117,10 +117,14 @@ export const SpeakerSelfEditSettings = ({ event }: SpeakerSelfEditSettingsProps)
     // dialog from the summary does NOT toggle the accordion.
     const renderPendingEditsButton = (placement: 'summary' | 'details') => {
         if (!event.speakerSelfEdit?.enabled) return null
+        // Only highlight in warning orange when there is actually a queue
+        // to review. Empty queue stays on the default theme colour so the
+        // accordion summary does not look perpetually alarmed.
+        const hasPending = pendingCount > 0
         return (
             <Button
-                variant="contained"
-                color="warning"
+                variant={hasPending ? 'contained' : 'outlined'}
+                color={hasPending ? 'warning' : 'primary'}
                 size="small"
                 onClick={(e) => {
                     e.stopPropagation()
diff --git a/src/public/speakerEdit/CapWidget.tsx b/src/public/speakerEdit/CapWidget.tsx
index 8784651..d9f7b6d 100644
--- a/src/public/speakerEdit/CapWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/public/speakerEdit/CapWidget.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 // Side-effect import: registers the <cap-widget> custom element on
 // `window.customElements`. The widget is now bundled from the
 // `@cap.js/widget` npm package (pinned in package.json) so the script
 // is served from our own deploy instead of a third-party CDN — closes
 // the supply-chain vector that the previous jsdelivr <script> opened.
 import '@cap.js/widget'
+import { useTheme } from '@mui/material/styles'
 import { CAP_API_ENDPOINT } from '../../env'
 
 declare global {
@@ -24,8 +25,54 @@ export type CapWidgetProps = {
     onReset?: () => void
 }
 
+// CSS custom properties exposed by @cap.js/widget. The defaults shipped
+// by the widget are tuned for light backgrounds; on a dark MUI theme
+// they produce a near-white box that stands out aggressively against
+// the surrounding surface. Override the colour vars (and ONLY the
+// colour vars — sizing/radius stays on the widget defaults) based on
+// the active MUI palette so the widget blends with the host page.
+type CapColourVars = {
+    '--cap-background': string
+    '--cap-border-color': string
+    '--cap-color': string
+    '--cap-checkbox-background': string
+    '--cap-checkbox-border': string
+    '--cap-spinner-color': string
+    '--cap-spinner-background-color': string
+}
+
 export const CapWidget = ({ onSolve, onReset }: CapWidgetProps) => {
     const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+    const theme = useTheme()
+    const isDark = theme.palette.mode === 'dark'
+
+    // Compute the CSS-var overrides once per theme flip rather than on
+    // every render. Light values mirror the upstream widget defaults so
+    // existing deployments keep their look; dark values pull from the
+    // MUI palette so the widget tracks any user theme customisation.
+    const colourVars = useMemo<CapColourVars>(
+        () =>
+            isDark
+                ? {
+                      '--cap-background': theme.palette.background.paper,
+                      '--cap-border-color': theme.palette.divider,
+                      '--cap-color': theme.palette.text.primary,
+                      '--cap-checkbox-background': theme.palette.action.hover,
+                      '--cap-checkbox-border': `1px solid ${theme.palette.divider}`,
+                      '--cap-spinner-color': theme.palette.text.primary,
+                      '--cap-spinner-background-color': theme.palette.action.disabledBackground,
+                  }
+                : {
+                      '--cap-background': '#fdfdfd',
+                      '--cap-border-color': '#dddddd8f',
+                      '--cap-color': '#212121',
+                      '--cap-checkbox-background': '#fafafa91',
+                      '--cap-checkbox-border': '1px solid #aaaaaad1',
+                      '--cap-spinner-color': '#000',
+                      '--cap-spinner-background-color': '#eee',
+                  },
+        [isDark, theme.palette]
+    )
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!containerRef.current) return
@@ -49,5 +96,8 @@ export const CapWidget = ({ onSolve, onReset }: CapWidgetProps) => {
         }
     }, [])
 
-    return <div ref={containerRef} />
+    // CSS custom properties cascade from this container down to the
+    // shadow-DOM-less <cap-widget> child, so the widget picks the
+    // overrides up automatically without us reaching into its internals.
+    return <div ref={containerRef} style={colourVars as React.CSSProperties} />
 }