diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/Tag.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/Tag.js
index 189c88776c22673d835c0639b5889973008a39ec..fd6ce0316577b29f1ca95619cdd180a860209c54 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/Tag.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/Tag.js
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import { marginHelper } from './styledHelpers'
 const tagCSS = props => {
   if (has(props, 'oldStatus')) {
     return css`
-      background-color: ${th('tag.statusBackgroundColor')};
-      font-size: 85%;
-      height: 24px;
-      padding: calc(${th('gridUnit')} / 4) ${th('gridUnit')};
+      background-color: ${th('colorFurnitureHue')};
+      height: calc(${th('gridUnit')} * 3)
+      font-weight: ${th('tag.fontWeight')};
+      padding: calc(${th('gridUnit')} / 2) ${th('gridUnit')} 0px
+        ${th('gridUnit')};
     `
   }