diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_mixins.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_mixins.scss
index 46d153592854..e64bbb2315c5 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_mixins.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_mixins.scss
@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@
       background-color: $filter-hover-color;
     }
   }
+
+  .#{$prefix}--definition-term {
+    .#{$prefix}--tag__label {
+      color: $text-color;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_tag.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_tag.scss
index d00d9844a3ee..c751caa38c19 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_tag.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/tag/_tag.scss
@@ -482,10 +482,6 @@
     max-inline-size: convert.to-rem(176px);
   }
 
-  .#{$prefix}--tag--high-contrast .#{$prefix}--definition-term {
-    color: $text-inverse;
-  }
-
   .#{$prefix}--tag > .#{$prefix}--popover-container {
     display: flex;
   }