diff --git a/src/components/admin/tabs/OverviewTab.tsx b/src/components/admin/tabs/OverviewTab.tsx
index f893b5836..ca4f550ca 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/tabs/OverviewTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/tabs/OverviewTab.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import Link from "next/link";
 import type { FleetHealthItem } from "@/app/api/admin/fleet-health/route";
 import type { AuditEvent } from "@/lib/audit";
 import { useEffectiveTheme } from "@/hooks/use-effective-theme";
-import { chartTooltipStyle } from "@/lib/charts/palette";
+import { chartTheme, chartTooltipStyle } from "@/lib/charts/palette";
 
 // ─── Animation Variants ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ function HeroStatusBanner({
   fleetLoading: boolean;
   onRefresh: () => void;
 }) {
+  const { grid } = chartTheme(useEffectiveTheme());
   const animatedScore = useAnimatedCounter(healthScore);
   const animatedConns = useAnimatedCounter(connections.length);
   const animatedQueries = useAnimatedCounter(queryStats.total);
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ function HeroStatusBanner({
                   startAngle={90}
                   endAngle={-270}
                 >
-                  <RadialBar dataKey="value" cornerRadius={6} background={{ fill: "rgba(255,255,255,0.04)" }} />
+                  <RadialBar dataKey="value" cornerRadius={6} background={{ fill: grid }} />
                 </RadialBarChart>
               </ResponsiveContainer>
             </div>
@@ -851,6 +852,7 @@ function MetricGauge({
   color: string;
   maxValue?: number;
 }) {
+  const { grid } = chartTheme(useEffectiveTheme());
   const pct = Math.round((value / maxValue) * 100);
   const animatedValue = useAnimatedCounter(value);
   const gaugeData = [{ value: pct, fill: color }];
@@ -867,7 +869,7 @@ function MetricGauge({
             startAngle={90}
             endAngle={-270}
           >
-            <RadialBar dataKey="value" cornerRadius={4} background={{ fill: "rgba(255,255,255,0.03)" }} />
+            <RadialBar dataKey="value" cornerRadius={4} background={{ fill: grid }} />
           </RadialBarChart>
         </ResponsiveContainer>
         <div className="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
diff --git a/tests/components/admin/OverviewTab.test.tsx b/tests/components/admin/OverviewTab.test.tsx
index 80260e84d..0214aaa2e 100644
--- a/tests/components/admin/OverviewTab.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/admin/OverviewTab.test.tsx
@@ -749,4 +749,33 @@ describe("OverviewTab", () => {
     expect(bg).toBe("#ffffff");
     expect(color).toBe("#3f3f46");
   });
+
+  // ── Radial health gauge track ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  /**
+   * The radial health gauge track background also cannot read CSS tokens and must
+   * receive the theme-aware grid token, ensuring contrast in both themes.
+   */
+  async function radialBarTrackUnderTheme(theme: "dark" | "light") {
+    document.documentElement.classList.remove("dark", "light");
+    document.documentElement.classList.add(theme);
+    mockGlobalFetch({ "/api/admin/audit": { ok: true, json: { events: [] } } });
+
+    let result: ReturnType<typeof render>;
+    await act(async () => {
+      result = render(<OverviewTab user={{ username: "admin", role: "admin" }} />);
+    });
+    const radialBar = result!.container.querySelector("[data-testid='mock-radial-bar']");
+    return radialBar?.getAttribute("data-track-fill");
+  }
+
+  test("the radial health gauge track uses the dark grid tone in the dark theme", async () => {
+    const track = await radialBarTrackUnderTheme("dark");
+    expect(track).toBe("#222222");
+  });
+
+  test("and the light grid tone in the light theme", async () => {
+    const track = await radialBarTrackUnderTheme("light");
+    expect(track).toBe("#e4e4e7");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/helpers/mock-monaco.ts b/tests/helpers/mock-monaco.ts
index 01577844f..7866b0c5d 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/mock-monaco.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers/mock-monaco.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,18 @@ export function setupRechartssMock() {
       Area: () => null,
       Bar: () => null,
       Line: () => null,
-      RadialBar: () => null,
+      RadialBar: ({ background }: { background?: { fill?: string } | boolean }) =>
+        React.createElement("div", {
+          "data-testid": "mock-radial-bar",
+          "data-track-fill":
+            typeof background === "object" && background !== null
+              ? (background.fill as string | undefined)
+              : undefined,
+          "data-bg":
+            typeof background === "object" && background !== null
+              ? (background.fill as string | undefined)
+              : undefined,
+        }),
       XAxis: () => null,
       YAxis: () => null,
       CartesianGrid: () => null,