--- config.def.h
+++ config.def.h
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbordercolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 
 static Key keys[] = {