diff --git a/caravel/assets/visualizations/big_number.js b/caravel/assets/visualizations/big_number.js
index 4fbeb631ce..d8c2a6a8f9 100644
--- a/caravel/assets/visualizations/big_number.js
+++ b/caravel/assets/visualizations/big_number.js
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ function bigNumberVis(slice) {
       .style('cursor', 'pointer')
       .text(f(v))
       .style('font-size', d3.min([height, width]) / 3.5)
-      .attr('fill', 'white');
+      .style('text-anchor', 'middle')
+      .attr('fill', 'black');
 
       // Printing big number subheader text
       if (json.subheader !== null) {