diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/sass/tokens.module.scss b/frontend/src/assets/sass/tokens.module.scss
index e32b9f074..3454ab690 100644
--- a/frontend/src/assets/sass/tokens.module.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/assets/sass/tokens.module.scss
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ $color-yellow: rgb(245, 196, 0);
 $color-yellow-active: rgb(255, 206, 10);
 $color-yellow-inverse: rgb(255, 252, 240);
 
-/**
- * @tokens Theme
- * @presenter Color
- */
-
-// main color in general. e.g. the color in the background of the app that is visible behind the transparent iPhone status bar to name one use case, or the current color of SVGs to name another use case
-$theme-color: $color-primary;
-
 /**
  * @tokens Color Neutral
  * @presenter Color
diff --git a/webapp/constants/manifest.js b/webapp/constants/manifest.js
index 8662c509d..653f9f6fc 100644
--- a/webapp/constants/manifest.js
+++ b/webapp/constants/manifest.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import metadata from './metadata.js'
-const { APPLICATION_NAME, APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME, APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION } = metadata
+const { APPLICATION_NAME, APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME, APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION, THEME_COLOR } = metadata
+
 export default {
   name: APPLICATION_NAME,
   short_name: APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME,
   description: APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION,
-  theme_color: '$theme-color',
+  theme_color: THEME_COLOR,
   lang: 'en',
 }
diff --git a/webapp/constants/metadata.js b/webapp/constants/metadata.js
index da313c7fb..e5fedf5d9 100644
--- a/webapp/constants/metadata.js
+++ b/webapp/constants/metadata.js
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export default {
   COOKIE_NAME: 'ocelot-social-token',
   ORGANIZATION_NAME: 'ocelot.social Community',
   ORGANIZATION_JURISDICTION: 'City of Angels',
+  THEME_COLOR: 'rgb(23, 181, 63)', // main color in general. e.g. the color in the background of the app that is visible behind the transparent iPhone status bar to name one use case, or the current color of SVGs to name another use case
 }