diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 07a9891a542..fe5b283ab53 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-03-11  Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
+
+	* replace.el (match): Use yellow background on light-bg terminals.
+
 2007-03-11  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-warning-prefix): 
diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
index 9e45e3479c3..a42f4ff4b57 100644
--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -849,10 +849,12 @@ Compatibility function for \\[next-error] invocations."
 
 (defface match
   '((((class color) (min-colors 88) (background light))
-     :background "Tan")
+     :background "yellow")
     (((class color) (min-colors 88) (background dark))
      :background "RoyalBlue3")
-    (((class color) (min-colors 8))
+    (((class color) (min-colors 8) (background light))
+     :background "yellow" :foreground "black")
+    (((class color) (min-colors 8) (background dark))
      :background "blue" :foreground "white")
     (((type tty) (class mono))
      :inverse-video t)