diff --git a/static/scss/custom.scss b/static/scss/custom.scss
index 67d380c8c5ef3c8f77d61400805ef661e64d82a0..8a07566264991c9af3a609b0bb7c5ae603667399 100644
--- a/static/scss/custom.scss
+++ b/static/scss/custom.scss
@@ -342,11 +342,9 @@ $homepage-block-smaller-min-height: 360px;
   z-index: -7999;
 
   &.main {
-    background-image: url("../images/hills.svg");
   }
 
   &.footer {
-    background-image: url("../images/hills-footer.svg");
   }
 }
 
@@ -397,16 +395,13 @@ $homepage-block-smaller-min-height: 360px;
   z-index: -9000;
 
   &.main {
-    background-image: url("../images/homepage-clouds-bottom.svg");
   }
 
   &.ftr {
-    background-image: url("../images/homepage-clouds-bottom.svg");
     opacity: 0.1;
   }
 
   &.hdr {
-    background-image: url("../images/homepage-clouds-bottom.svg");
     background-position: top;
     opacity: 0.6;
   }
@@ -460,23 +455,11 @@ $homepage-block-smaller-min-height: 360px;
 
 .website-background {
   /*background-image: url("../images/website-background.svg");*/
-  background-color: $logo-sky-blue;
-}
-
-.mystic-background {
-  background-image: url("../images/mystic-marquee.jpg");
 }
 
-.djangogirls-background {
-  background-image: url("../images/django-girls-2014.jpg");
-}
-
-
 .homepage-header-background {
-  background-image: url("../images/homepage-header-background.svg");
 }
 
-
 .sponsor-list a img {
   width: 100%;
   max-width: 300px;
diff --git a/static/scss/variables.scss b/static/scss/variables.scss
index 8fbfb98e23beb619f5819e7eddd2879c3c0f6ec8..3fc9245315ba92668c250f51c6c8f5909edb87dc 100644
--- a/static/scss/variables.scss
+++ b/static/scss/variables.scss
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 /* COLORS */
 // Used by links, buttons, and other background bits.
-$brand-primary: darken(rgb(0, 202, 10), 20%);
+$brand-primary: rgb(87, 118, 50);
+$brand-secondary: #afe478;
 
-$logo-sky-blue: #449fe8;
 //$background-filter: hsla(207, 60%, 85%, 1.0);
-$background-filter: $logo-sky-blue;
-
+$background-filter: $brand-secondary;
 $background-filter-transparent: change-color($background-filter, $alpha: 0.5);
-
+$logo-sky-blue: $brand-secondary;
 
 /* TEXT */
 $font-family-sans-serif:  'Montserrat', Arial, sans-serif;