diff --git a/src/camps/migrations/0030_camp_light_text.py b/src/camps/migrations/0030_camp_light_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9663aba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/camps/migrations/0030_camp_light_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.0.4 on 2018-08-18 15:39
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('camps', '0029_auto_20180815_2018'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='camp',
+            name='light_text',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Check if this camps colour requires white text, uncheck if black text is better'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/camps/models.py b/src/camps/models.py
index 3a755ac9..b0610a7e 100644
--- a/src/camps/models.py
+++ b/src/camps/models.py
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ class Camp(CreatedUpdatedModel, UUIDModel):
         max_length=7
     )
 
+    light_text = models.BooleanField(
+        default=True,
+        help_text='Check if this camps colour requires white text, uncheck if black text is better',
+    )
+
     call_for_participation_open = models.BooleanField(
         help_text='Check if the Call for Participation is open for this camp',
         default=False,
diff --git a/src/camps/templates/camp_list.html b/src/camps/templates/camp_list.html
index 33b25296..abc8537d 100644
--- a/src/camps/templates/camp_list.html
+++ b/src/camps/templates/camp_list.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                         <td>{{ listcamp.buildup.lower }} to {{ listcamp.buildup.upper }}</td>
                         <td>{{ listcamp.camp.lower }} to {{ listcamp.camp.upper }}</td>
                         <td>{{ listcamp.teardown.lower }} to {{ listcamp.teardown.upper }}</td>
-                        <td><font color="{{ listcamp.colour }}">{{ listcamp.colour }}</font></td>
+                        <td style="background: {{ listcamp.colour }}">{% if listcamp.light_text %}<font color="#ffffff">{% else %}<font color="#000000">{% endif %}{{ listcamp.colour }}</font></td>
                     </tr>
                     </a>
                 {% empty %}
diff --git a/src/utils/management/commands/bootstrap-devsite.py b/src/utils/management/commands/bootstrap-devsite.py
index 2cafcc00..f0e4bf5b 100644
--- a/src/utils/management/commands/bootstrap-devsite.py
+++ b/src/utils/management/commands/bootstrap-devsite.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 timezone.datetime(2016, 9, 4, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
                 timezone.datetime(2016, 9, 6, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
             ),
-            colour='#000000',
+            colour='#004dff',
         )
 
         camp2017 = Camp.objects.create(
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 timezone.datetime(2017, 9, 4, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
                 timezone.datetime(2017, 9, 6, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
             ),
-            colour='#000000',
+            colour='#750787',
         )
 
         camp2018 = Camp.objects.create(
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 timezone.datetime(2018, 9, 4, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
                 timezone.datetime(2018, 9, 6, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
             ),
-            colour='#000000',
+            colour='#008026',
         )
 
         self.output("Creating users...")