diff --git a/src/components/tab/WorkPackage.vue b/src/components/tab/WorkPackage.vue
index e5507ce58..32ee4191c 100644
--- a/src/components/tab/WorkPackage.vue
+++ b/src/components/tab/WorkPackage.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <template>
-	<div class="workpackage">
+	<div class="workpackage" @mouseover="resetColorsOnHover" @mouseleave="resetColorsOnHover">
 		<div class="row">
 			<div class="row__status"
-				:style="{'background-color':workpackage.statusCol}">
-				<div class="row__status__title">
+				:style="{'background-color': getWPStatusColor(), border: wpStatusBorder}">
+				<div class="row__status__title"
+					:style="{'color': wpStatusFontColor }">
 					{{ workpackage.statusTitle }}
 				</div>
 			</div>
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@
 		</div>
 		<div class="row">
 			<div class="row__subject">
-				<span class="row__subject__type" :style="{'color':workpackage.typeCol}">
+				<span :ref="workpackage.typeTitle"
+					class="row__subject__type"
+					:style="{'color': workpackage.typeCol, '-webkit-text-stroke': wpTypeTextStroke}">
 					{{ workpackage.typeTitle }}
 				</span>
 				{{ workpackage.subject }}
@@ -50,6 +53,171 @@ export default {
 			required: true,
 		},
 	},
+	data: () => ({
+		wpTypeTextStroke: 'unset',
+		wpStatusFontColor: '#FFFFFF',
+		wpStatusBorder: '0',
+	}),
+	created() {
+		this.setWPTypeTextStroke()
+		this.setWPStatusFontColor()
+		this.setWPStatusBorder()
+	},
+	methods: {
+		resetColorsOnHover() {
+			this.setWPTypeTextStroke()
+			this.setWPStatusBorder()
+		},
+		getWPStatusColor() {
+			if (this.workpackage.statusCol === undefined || this.workpackage.statusCol === '') {
+				return '#F99601'
+			}
+			return this.workpackage.statusCol
+		},
+		setWPStatusFontColor() {
+			this.wpStatusFontColor = '#FFFFFF'
+			try {
+				const contrast = this.contrastRatio(
+					this.wpStatusFontColor,
+					this.getWPStatusColor()
+				)
+				if (contrast <= 2) {
+					this.wpStatusFontColor = '#000000'
+				}
+			} catch (e) {
+				// something went  wrong, leave the values as they are
+			}
+		},
+		setWPStatusBorder() {
+			try {
+				let contrast = this.getContrastBetweenStatusColorAndBackground()
+				if (contrast <= 2) {
+					contrast = this.contrastRatio(this.getWPStatusColor(), '#000000')
+					if (contrast <= 2) {
+						this.wpStatusBorder = 'solid 1px #FFFFFF'
+						return
+					}
+					this.wpStatusBorder = 'solid 1px #000000'
+					return
+				}
+				this.wpStatusBorder = '0'
+			} catch (e) {
+				// something went  wrong, leave the values as they are
+			}
+		},
+		getContrastBetweenStatusColorAndBackground() {
+			const backgroundColor = this.getBackgroundColor(this.getWPBackgroundElement())
+			return this.contrastRatio(this.getWPStatusColor(), backgroundColor)
+		},
+		setWPTypeTextStroke() {
+			this.wpTypeTextStroke = 'unset'
+			try {
+				const contrast = this.getContrastBetweenTypeColorAndBackground()
+				if (contrast <= 2) {
+					this.wpTypeTextStroke = '0.5px grey'
+				}
+			} catch {
+				// something went  wrong, leave the values as they are
+			}
+		},
+		getContrastBetweenTypeColorAndBackground() {
+			const backgroundColor = this.getBackgroundColor(this.getWPBackgroundElement())
+			return this.contrastRatio(this.workpackage.typeCol, backgroundColor)
+		},
+		getWPBackgroundElement() {
+			let el = document.getElementById('workpackage-' + this.workpackage.id)
+			if (el === null) {
+				el = document.getElementById('tab-open-project')
+			}
+			return el
+		},
+		hexToRgbA(hex) {
+			let c
+			if (/^#([A-Fa-f0-9]{3}){1,2}$/.test(hex)) {
+				c = hex.substring(1).split('')
+				if (c.length === 3) {
+					c = [c[0], c[0], c[1], c[1], c[2], c[2]]
+				}
+				c = '0x' + c.join('')
+				return 'rgba(' + [(c >> 16) & 255, (c >> 8) & 255, c & 255].join(',') + ',1)'
+			}
+			throw new Error('Bad Hex')
+		},
+		// Parse rgb(r, g, b) and rgba(r, g, b, a) strings into an array.
+		// originated from https://github.com/jasonday/color-contrast/blob/e533684ce5d0c8d28479b3301b184bf88f5b7dd6/color-contrast.js
+		// Adapted from https://github.com/gka/chroma.js
+		parseRgb(colorString) {
+			let i, rgb, _i, _j
+			try {
+				colorString = this.hexToRgbA(colorString)
+			} catch (e) {
+				// it was not a hex string, so most likely a rgb(a) string
+			}
+			const rgbMatch = colorString.match(/rgb\(\s*(-?\d+),\s*(-?\d+)\s*,\s*(-?\d+)\s*\)/)
+			const rgbaMatch = colorString.match(/rgba\(\s*(-?\d+),\s*(-?\d+)\s*,\s*(-?\d+)\s*,\s*([01]|[01]?\.\d+)\)/)
+			if (rgbMatch !== null) {
+				rgb = rgbMatch.slice(1, 4)
+				for (i = _i = 0; _i <= 2; i = ++_i) {
+					rgb[i] = +rgb[i]
+				}
+				rgb[3] = 1
+				// eslint-disable-next-line no-cond-assign
+			} else if (rgbaMatch !== null) {
+				rgb = rgbaMatch.slice(1, 5)
+				for (i = _j = 0; _j <= 3; i = ++_j) {
+					rgb[i] = +rgb[i]
+				}
+			} else {
+				throw new Error('could not parse color')
+			}
+			return rgb
+
+		},
+		// originated from https://github.com/jasonday/color-contrast/blob/e533684ce5d0c8d28479b3301b184bf88f5b7dd6/color-contrast.js
+		// Based on http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#relativeluminancedef
+		relativeLuminance(c) {
+			const lum = []
+			for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+				const v = c[i] / 255
+				lum.push(v < 0.03928 ? v / 12.92 : Math.pow((v + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4))
+			}
+			return (0.2126 * lum[0]) + (0.7152 * lum[1]) + (0.0722 * lum[2])
+		},
+		// originated from https://github.com/jasonday/color-contrast/blob/e533684ce5d0c8d28479b3301b184bf88f5b7dd6/color-contrast.js
+		// Based on http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#contrast-ratiodef
+		contrastRatio(x, y) {
+			const l1 = this.relativeLuminance(this.parseRgb(x))
+			const l2 = this.relativeLuminance(this.parseRgb(y))
+			return (Math.max(l1, l2) + 0.05) / (Math.min(l1, l2) + 0.05)
+		},
+		// originated from https://github.com/jasonday/color-contrast/blob/e533684ce5d0c8d28479b3301b184bf88f5b7dd6/color-contrast.js
+		getBackgroundColor(el) {
+			const styles = getComputedStyle(el)
+			const bgColor = styles.backgroundColor
+			const bgImage = styles.backgroundImage
+			const rgb = this.parseRgb(bgColor) + ''
+			const alpha = rgb.split(',')
+
+			// if background has alpha transparency, flag manual check
+			if (alpha[3] < 1 && alpha[3] > 0) {
+				throw new Error('could not determine background color')
+			}
+
+			// if element has no background image, or transparent background (alpha == 0) return bgColor
+			if (bgColor !== 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)' && bgColor !== 'transparent' && bgImage === 'none' && alpha[3] !== '0') {
+				return bgColor
+			} else if (bgImage !== 'none') {
+				throw new Error('could not determine background color')
+			}
+
+			// retest if not returned above
+			if (el.tagName === 'HTML') {
+				return 'rgb(255, 255, 255)'
+			} else {
+				return this.getBackgroundColor(el.parentNode)
+			}
+		},
+	},
 }
 </script>
 
@@ -75,13 +243,11 @@ export default {
 			font-size: 0.75rem;
 			border-radius: 2px;
 			margin-right: 4px;
-			background-color: #F99601;
 
 			&__title {
 				font-size: 0.75rem;
 				line-height: 14px;
 				text-align: center;
-				filter: contrast(0) brightness(0);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/jest/components/tab/__snapshots__/WorkPackage.spec.js.snap b/tests/jest/components/tab/__snapshots__/WorkPackage.spec.js.snap
index 8fc447a30..65695d10a 100644
--- a/tests/jest/components/tab/__snapshots__/WorkPackage.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/jest/components/tab/__snapshots__/WorkPackage.spec.js.snap
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 exports[`WorkPackage.vue shows work packages information 1`] = `
 <div class="workpackage">
   <div class="row">
-    <div class="row__status" style="background-color: blue;">
-      <div class="row__status__title">
+    <div class="row__status" style="background-color: blue; border: 0px;">
+      <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
         in-progress
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/tests/jest/views/__snapshots__/ProjectsTab.spec.js.snap b/tests/jest/views/__snapshots__/ProjectsTab.spec.js.snap
index 8e8fe9fdb..a821f6837 100644
--- a/tests/jest/views/__snapshots__/ProjectsTab.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/jest/views/__snapshots__/ProjectsTab.spec.js.snap
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ exports[`ProjectsTab.vue fetchWorkpackages adds every work-package only once 1`]
     <div class="linked-workpackages--workpackage">
       <div class="workpackage linked-workpackages--workpackage--item" id="workpackage-123">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="row__status">
-            <div class="row__status__title">
+          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(249, 150, 1); border: 0px;">
+            <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
               open
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ exports[`ProjectsTab.vue fetchWorkpackages shows the linked workpackages 1`] = `
     <div class="linked-workpackages--workpackage">
       <div class="workpackage linked-workpackages--workpackage--item" id="workpackage-123">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(165, 216, 255);">
-            <div class="row__status__title">
+          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(165, 216, 255); border: 0px;">
+            <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
               open
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ exports[`ProjectsTab.vue fetchWorkpackages shows the linked workpackages 1`] = `
     <div class="linked-workpackages--workpackage">
       <div class="workpackage linked-workpackages--workpackage--item" id="workpackage-589">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(165, 216, 255);">
-            <div class="row__status__title">
+          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(165, 216, 255); border: 0px;">
+            <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
               प्रगति हुदैछ
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ exports[`ProjectsTab.vue fetchWorkpackages shows the linked workpackages 2`] = `
     <div class="linked-workpackages--workpackage">
       <div class="workpackage linked-workpackages--workpackage--item" id="workpackage-123">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="row__status">
-            <div class="row__status__title">
+          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(249, 150, 1); border: 0px;">
+            <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
               open
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ exports[`ProjectsTab.vue fetchWorkpackages shows the linked workpackages 2`] = `
     <div class="linked-workpackages--workpackage">
       <div class="workpackage linked-workpackages--workpackage--item" id="workpackage-589">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="row__status">
-            <div class="row__status__title">
+          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: rgb(249, 150, 1); border: 0px;">
+            <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
               प्रगति हुदैछ
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ exports[`ProjectsTab.vue onSave shows the just linked workpackage 1`] = `
     <div class="linked-workpackages--workpackage">
       <div class="workpackage linked-workpackages--workpackage--item workpackage-transition" id="workpackage-1">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: blue;">
-            <div class="row__status__title">
+          <div class="row__status" style="background-color: blue; border: 0px;">
+            <div class="row__status__title" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
               in-progress
             </div>
           </div>