diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/style.scss b/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/style.scss
index 5a44df9678ec5..0f8c50fdfad87 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/style.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/style.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .editor-post-publish-panel {
-	background: $white;
+	background: $light-gray-300;
 	color: $dark-gray-500;
 }
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 }
 
 .editor-post-publish-panel__header {
+	background: $white;
 	padding-left: 16px;
 	height: $header-height;
 	border-bottom: $border-width solid $light-gray-500;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 
 .editor-post-publish-panel__link {
 	color: $blue-medium-700;
+	font-weight: 400;
 	padding-left: 4px;
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }
@@ -51,15 +53,17 @@
 .editor-post-publish-panel__prepublish {
 	padding: 16px;
 
+	strong {
+		color: $dark-gray-900;
+	}
+
 	.components-panel__body {
+		background: $white;
 		margin-left: -16px;
 		margin-right: -16px;
-		margin-bottom: -16px;
-		margin-top: 10px;
-		border: none;
 
 		.components-panel__body-toggle {
-			font-weight: 400;
+			//font-weight: 400;
 		}
 	}