diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/calendar_screen.dart b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/calendar_screen.dart
index 7693e3d..8ceba0d 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/calendar_screen.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/calendar_screen.dart
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ class _MonthStripState extends State<_MonthStrip> {
               ),
               selected: selected,
               onSelected: (_) => widget.onSelect(m),
-              selectedColor: seedPrimaryContainer,
+              selectedColor: seedGreen,
               labelStyle: TextStyle(
-                color: selected ? seedOnPrimaryContainer : seedMuted,
+                color: selected ? Colors.white : seedMuted,
                 fontWeight: selected ? FontWeight.w600 : FontWeight.w400,
               ),
             );
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/inventory_list_screen.dart b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/inventory_list_screen.dart
index bbadda3..1e2d99b 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/inventory_list_screen.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/inventory_list_screen.dart
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class _FilterBar extends StatelessWidget {
           avatar: Icon(
             Icons.calendar_month,
             size: 18,
-            color: state.sowThisMonthOnly ? null : seedGreen,
+            color: state.sowThisMonthOnly ? Colors.white : seedGreen,
           ),
           label: Text(t.calendar.filterChip),
           selected: state.sowThisMonthOnly,
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class _FilterBar extends StatelessWidget {
           avatar: Icon(
             Icons.volunteer_activism_outlined,
             size: 18,
-            color: state.sharingOnly ? null : seedGreen,
+            color: state.sharingOnly ? Colors.white : seedGreen,
           ),
           label: Text(t.share.filterChip),
           selected: state.sharingOnly,
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class _FilterBar extends StatelessWidget {
           avatar: Icon(
             Icons.eco,
             size: 18,
-            color: state.organicOnly ? null : seedGreen,
+            color: state.organicOnly ? Colors.white : seedGreen,
           ),
           label: Text(t.editVariety.organic),
           selected: state.organicOnly,
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class _FilterBar extends StatelessWidget {
           avatar: Icon(
             Icons.autorenew,
             size: 18,
-            color: state.needsReproductionOnly ? null : seedGreen,
+            color: state.needsReproductionOnly ? Colors.white : seedGreen,
           ),
           label: Text(t.inventory.needsReproductionFilter),
           selected: state.needsReproductionOnly,
@@ -446,16 +446,23 @@ class _SwatchFilterChip extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    // Idle: a soft same-hue fill with dark ink. Selected: the ink becomes the
+    // fill and the content turns white, so the chip clearly reads as "on" while
+    // keeping its family/form hue. White on every ink meets WCAG AA — see
+    // test/ui/category_palette_contrast_test.dart.
+    final ink = selected ? Colors.white : swatch.ink;
     return FilterChip(
       label: Text(label),
-      avatar: icon == null ? null : Icon(icon, size: 18, color: swatch.ink),
+      avatar: icon == null ? null : Icon(icon, size: 18, color: ink),
       selected: selected,
       onSelected: (_) => onSelected(),
       backgroundColor: swatch.fill,
-      selectedColor: swatch.ink.withValues(alpha: 0.24),
-      checkmarkColor: swatch.ink,
-      side: BorderSide(color: swatch.ink.withValues(alpha: 0.35)),
-      labelStyle: TextStyle(color: swatch.ink, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
+      selectedColor: swatch.ink,
+      checkmarkColor: Colors.white,
+      side: BorderSide(
+        color: swatch.ink.withValues(alpha: selected ? 0 : 0.35),
+      ),
+      labelStyle: TextStyle(color: ink, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/market_screen.dart b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/market_screen.dart
index 0b05fcc..5413717 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/market_screen.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/market_screen.dart
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class _MarketFilterBar extends StatelessWidget {
           avatar: Icon(
             Icons.eco,
             size: 18,
-            color: state.organicOnly ? null : seedGreen,
+            color: state.organicOnly ? Colors.white : seedGreen,
           ),
           label: Text(t.editVariety.organic),
           selected: state.organicOnly,
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/theme.dart b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/theme.dart
index 392e37a..714ad7d 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/theme.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/theme.dart
@@ -105,5 +105,24 @@ ThemeData buildTaneTheme() {
       thickness: 1,
       color: seedDivider,
     ),
+    // Filter/choice chips: idle chips stay light with dark ink, but a *selected*
+    // chip fills solid green with white ink so "on" reads unmistakably against
+    // the pale canvas (the soft tonal default sat too close to it). White on
+    // seedGreen meets WCAG AA — see test/ui/theme_contrast_test.dart. Chips that
+    // carry their own hue (family/form swatches) override this per-swatch.
+    chipTheme: const ChipThemeData(
+      selectedColor: seedGreen,
+      checkmarkColor: Colors.white,
+      labelStyle: TextStyle(
+        color: seedOnSurface,
+        fontSize: 14,
+        fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
+      ),
+      secondaryLabelStyle: TextStyle(
+        color: Colors.white,
+        fontSize: 14,
+        fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
+      ),
+    ),
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/category_palette_contrast_test.dart b/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/category_palette_contrast_test.dart
index c751b96..0c4f379 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/category_palette_contrast_test.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/category_palette_contrast_test.dart
@@ -35,4 +35,19 @@ void main() {
           reason: '$type ink on fill');
     }
   });
+
+  // A *selected* swatch chip fills solid with its ink and draws white content
+  // (label, icon, checkmark). That pairing must clear AA too.
+  test('white content meets AA on every selected (ink-filled) swatch', () {
+    for (var i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
+      final s = categorySwatch('family-$i');
+      expect(contrast(Colors.white, s.ink), greaterThanOrEqualTo(4.5),
+          reason: 'white on category-$i ink');
+    }
+    for (final type in LotType.values) {
+      final s = lotTypeSwatch(type);
+      expect(contrast(Colors.white, s.ink), greaterThanOrEqualTo(4.5),
+          reason: 'white on $type ink');
+    }
+  });
 }