While background color gets set, the exact same issue as the one described here occurs:

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376939

Background and foreground colors are ignored on certain elements.

I tried using the latest git version of zathura, griara, and the poppler backend just in case, but the problem does not go away. Here's my config file for reference:

# general
set font "Adobe Source Code Pro Semibold 11"
set selection-clipboard clipboard

# colors
set default-bg                  "#263238"
set default-fg                  "#e91e63"

set statusbar-bg                "#263238"
set statusbar-fg                "#eceff1"

set inputbar-bg                 "#263238"
set inputbar-fg                 "#eceff1"

set notification-bg             "#263238"
set notification-fg             "#eceff1"

set notification-error-bg       "#263238"
set notification-error-fg       "#e91e63"

set notification-warning-bg     "#263238"
set notification-warning-fg     "#ff9800"

set highlight-color             "#ffc107"
set highlight-active-color      "#03a9f4"

set completion-bg               "#37474f"
set completion-fg               "#03a9f4"

set completion-highlight-bg     "#03a9f4"
set completion-highlight-fg     "#eceff1"

set recolor-lightcolor          "#263238"
set recolor-darkcolor           "#cfd8dc"

set recolor                     "false"
set recolor-keephue             "false"

# Local Variables:
# mode: conf
# End: