diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/css_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/css_highlight_rules.js
index 40d4e293..3a8780d9 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/css_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/css_highlight_rules.js
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ var CssHighlightRules = function() {
             token : ["constant.numeric"],
             regex : numRe
         }, {
-            token : "constant.numeric.color.hex",  // hex6 color
+            token : "constant.numeric",  // hex6 color
             regex : "#[a-f0-9]{6}"
         }, {
-            token : "constant.numeric.color.hex", // hex3 color
+            token : "constant.numeric", // hex3 color
             regex : "#[a-f0-9]{3}"
         }, {
             token : ["punctuation", "entity.other.attribute-name.pseudo-element.css"],