diff --git a/src/lib/credit-note-pdf.tsx b/src/lib/credit-note-pdf.tsx
index dc88cd4..1e2d211 100644
--- a/src/lib/credit-note-pdf.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/credit-note-pdf.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ import {
   renderToBuffer,
 } from "@react-pdf/renderer";
 import type { CreditNote, Invoice } from "@/types";
-import { BRAND, Logo, ACCENT_CREDIT_NOTE } from "./pdf-brand";
+import { BRAND, Logo } from "./pdf-brand";
 
-const ACCENT = ACCENT_CREDIT_NOTE;
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Localized strings
@@ -207,15 +206,15 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   logoBlock: { flexDirection: "row", alignItems: "center" },
   brandName: {
     fontSize: 16,
-    color: ACCENT.primaryDark,
+    color: BRAND.primaryDark,
     marginLeft: 8,
     fontFamily: "Helvetica-Bold",
   },
   issuerBlock: { textAlign: "right", fontSize: 8.5, color: BRAND.mutedColor },
-  issuerName: { fontSize: 11, color: ACCENT.primaryDark, marginBottom: 2 },
+  issuerName: { fontSize: 11, color: BRAND.primaryDark, marginBottom: 2 },
   docTitle: {
     fontSize: 22,
-    color: ACCENT.primaryDark,
+    color: BRAND.primaryDark,
     marginBottom: 8,
     fontFamily: "Helvetica-Bold",
   },
@@ -230,9 +229,9 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   billTo: {
     marginBottom: 24,
     padding: 8,
-    backgroundColor: "#fdf2f2",
+    backgroundColor: "#f7f7f5",
     borderLeftWidth: 3,
-    borderLeftColor: ACCENT.primary,
+    borderLeftColor: BRAND.primary,
   },
   billToLabel: { fontSize: 8, color: BRAND.mutedColor, marginBottom: 4 },
   billToName: { fontSize: 11, marginBottom: 2 },
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   },
   amountHeader: {
     flexDirection: "row",
-    backgroundColor: ACCENT.primaryDark,
+    backgroundColor: BRAND.primaryDark,
     color: "#ffffff",
     paddingVertical: 5,
     paddingHorizontal: 6,
@@ -273,17 +272,17 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     flexDirection: "row",
     justifyContent: "space-between",
     borderTopWidth: 1,
-    borderTopColor: ACCENT.primaryDark,
+    borderTopColor: BRAND.primaryDark,
     paddingTop: 6,
     marginTop: 4,
   },
   totalsGrandLabel: {
-    color: ACCENT.primaryDark,
+    color: BRAND.primaryDark,
     fontSize: 11,
     fontFamily: "Helvetica-Bold",
   },
   totalsGrandValue: {
-    color: ACCENT.primaryDark,
+    color: BRAND.primaryDark,
     fontSize: 11,
     textAlign: "right",
     fontFamily: "Helvetica-Bold",
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ function CreditNotePdfDocument({ creditNote, invoice }: CreditNotePdfProps) {
             Issuer block from BRAND.issuer (shared with invoice). */}
         <View style={styles.headerRow}>
           <View style={styles.logoBlock}>
-            <Logo size={42} color={ACCENT.primary} />
+            <Logo size={42} color={BRAND.primary} />
             <Text style={styles.brandName}>{BRAND.name}</Text>
           </View>
           <View style={styles.issuerBlock}>
diff --git a/src/lib/email.ts b/src/lib/email.ts
index a470e0b..bb97d9c 100644
--- a/src/lib/email.ts
+++ b/src/lib/email.ts
@@ -1261,10 +1261,12 @@ export async function sendCreditNoteEmail(params: {
   const safeNumberINV = escapeHtml(params.invoiceNumber);
   const safeReason = params.reason ? escapeHtml(params.reason) : null;
 
-  // Red accent (#DC2626) for the credit-note emails, mirroring the
-  // PDF accent so the document family reads visually consistent.
-  // The invoice email uses emerald; the credit note uses red.
-  const ACCENT = "#DC2626";
+  // PieCed brand emerald — same accent the invoice email uses.
+  // A credit note is still a PieCed IT document; the company
+  // identity stays consistent across the document family. The
+  // doc type is distinguished by the subject line and copy, not
+  // by colour.
+  const ACCENT = "#10B981";
 
   try {
     await getTransporter().sendMail({
diff --git a/src/lib/pdf-brand.tsx b/src/lib/pdf-brand.tsx
index ae82757..936ceb2 100644
--- a/src/lib/pdf-brand.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/pdf-brand.tsx
@@ -57,24 +57,16 @@ export const BRAND = {
 };
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Accent colours for document variants — credit notes are red so
-// customers can tell them apart from invoices at a glance.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-export const ACCENT_CREDIT_NOTE = {
-  primary: "#DC2626",
-  primaryDark: "#991B1B",
-};
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Logo — PieCed's hexagon-pattern mark. Same shape used everywhere;
-// only the colour changes per document type.
+// Logo — PieCed's hexagon-pattern mark. Same shape used everywhere
+// and same brand colour. The credit note is still a PieCed IT
+// document and reads with the same company identity as an invoice.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 interface LogoProps {
   size?: number;
-  /** Defaults to BRAND.primary (emerald). Pass ACCENT_CREDIT_NOTE.primary
-   *  on credit notes for the red variant. */
+  /** Defaults to BRAND.primary. Override only for special cases
+   *  (e.g. an inverse variant on a dark background). Standard
+   *  documents — invoices, credit notes — all use BRAND.primary. */
   color?: string;
 }