diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/emoji/index.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/emoji/index.tsx
index 6ca3321452..b950f4c042 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/emoji/index.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/emoji/index.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+
 import { EMOJI_TYPE_CUSTOM } from '@/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/constants';
 import { useEmojiAppState } from '@/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/mode';
-import { unicodeHexToUrl } from '@/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/normalize';
+import {
+  emojiToInversionClassName,
+  unicodeHexToUrl,
+} from '@/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/normalize';
 import {
   isStateLoaded,
   loadEmojiDataToState,
@@ -41,6 +46,9 @@ export const Emoji: FC<EmojiProps> = ({
   }, [appState.currentLocale, state]);
 
   const animate = useContext(AnimateEmojiContext);
+
+  const inversionClass = emojiToInversionClassName(code);
+
   const fallback = showFallback ? code : null;
 
   // If the code is invalid or we otherwise know it's not valid, show the fallback.
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ export const Emoji: FC<EmojiProps> = ({
       src={src}
       alt={state.data.unicode}
       title={state.data.label}
-      className='emojione'
+      className={classNames('emojione', inversionClass)}
       loading='lazy'
     />
   );
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/constants.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/constants.ts
index 42d22e4054..f770573121 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/constants.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/constants.ts
@@ -116,3 +116,29 @@ export const EMOJIS_WITH_LIGHT_BORDER = [
   '🪽', // 1FAE8
   '🪿', // 1FABF
 ];
+
+export const EMOJIS_REQUIRING_INVERSION_IN_LIGHT_MODE = [
+  '⛓️', // 26D3-FE0F
+];
+
+export const EMOJIS_REQUIRING_INVERSION_IN_DARK_MODE = [
+  '🔜', // 1F51C
+  '🔙', // 1F519
+  '🔛', // 1F51B
+  '🔝', // 1F51D
+  '🔚', // 1F51A
+  '©️', // 00A9 FE0F
+  '➰', // 27B0
+  '💱', // 1F4B1
+  '✔️', // 2714 FE0F
+  '➗', // 2797
+  '💲', // 1F4B2
+  '➖', // 2796
+  '✖️', // 2716 FE0F
+  '➕', // 2795
+  '®️', // 00AE FE0F
+  '🕷️', // 1F577 FE0F
+  '📞', // 1F4DE
+  '™️', // 2122 FE0F
+  '〰️', // 3030 FE0F
+];
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/emoji.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/emoji.js
index b282e46b4a..b7ea36d3df 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/emoji.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/emoji.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Trie from 'substring-trie';
 
+import { getUserTheme, isDarkMode } from '@/flavours/glitch/utils/theme';
 import { assetHost } from 'flavours/glitch/utils/config';
 
 import { autoPlayGif } from '../../initial_state';
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ const emojifyTextNode = (node, customEmojis) => {
       const { filename, shortCode } = unicodeMapping[unicode_emoji];
       const title = shortCode ? `:${shortCode}:` : '';
 
-      const isSystemTheme = !!document.body?.classList.contains('theme-system');
+      const isSystemTheme = getUserTheme() === 'system';
 
-      const theme = (isSystemTheme || document.body?.classList.contains('theme-mastodon-light')) ? 'light' : 'dark';
+      const theme = (isSystemTheme || !isDarkMode()) ? 'light' : 'dark';
 
       const imageFilename = emojiFilename(filename, theme);
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/mode.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/mode.ts
index 076954ecda..5b6dc882c7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/mode.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/mode.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { createAppSelector, useAppSelector } from '@/flavours/glitch/store';
 import { isDevelopment } from '@/flavours/glitch/utils/environment';
+import { isDarkMode } from '@/flavours/glitch/utils/theme';
 
 import {
   EMOJI_MODE_NATIVE,
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export function useEmojiAppState(): EmojiAppState {
     currentLocale: locale,
     locales: [locale],
     mode,
-    darkTheme: document.body.classList.contains('theme-default'),
+    darkTheme: isDarkMode(),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/normalize.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/normalize.ts
index f0a502dcb5..4800352ffa 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/normalize.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji/normalize.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import {
   SKIN_TONE_CODES,
   EMOJIS_WITH_DARK_BORDER,
   EMOJIS_WITH_LIGHT_BORDER,
+  EMOJIS_REQUIRING_INVERSION_IN_LIGHT_MODE,
+  EMOJIS_REQUIRING_INVERSION_IN_DARK_MODE,
 } from './constants';
 import type { CustomEmojiMapArg, ExtraCustomEmojiMap } from './types';
 
@@ -150,6 +152,16 @@ export function twemojiToUnicodeInfo(
   return hexNumbersToString(mappedCodes);
 }
 
+export function emojiToInversionClassName(emoji: string): string | null {
+  if (EMOJIS_REQUIRING_INVERSION_IN_DARK_MODE.includes(emoji)) {
+    return 'invert-on-dark';
+  }
+  if (EMOJIS_REQUIRING_INVERSION_IN_LIGHT_MODE.includes(emoji)) {
+    return 'invert-on-light';
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 export function cleanExtraEmojis(extraEmojis?: CustomEmojiMapArg) {
   if (!extraEmojis) {
     return null;
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/application.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/application.scss
index a38653cf1c..cc23627a15 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/application.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/application.scss
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-@use 'mastodon/variables';
 @use 'common';
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/common.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/common.scss
index 05c8173e95..4d2352bc09 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/common.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/common.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@use 'mastodon/variables';
 @use 'mastodon/mixins';
 @use '@/styles/fonts/roboto';
 @use '@/styles/fonts/roboto-mono';
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/contrast.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/contrast.scss
index d89eaa610f..93bbfed080 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/contrast.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/contrast.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-@use 'mastodon/variables';
 @use 'common';
 @use 'mastodon/high-contrast';
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon-light.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon-light.scss
index 11a92fb873..cc23627a15 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon-light.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon-light.scss
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-@use 'mastodon/variables' with (
-  $emojis-requiring-inversion: 'chains'
-);
 @use 'common';
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss
index a948dbc41c..d561f71454 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss
@@ -20,8 +20,3 @@ $no-columns-breakpoint: 600px;
 $font-sans-serif: 'mastodon-font-sans-serif' !default;
 $font-display: 'mastodon-font-display' !default;
 $font-monospace: 'mastodon-font-monospace' !default;
-
-$emojis-requiring-inversion: 'back' 'copyright' 'curly_loop' 'currency_exchange'
-  'end' 'heavy_check_mark' 'heavy_division_sign' 'heavy_dollar_sign'
-  'heavy_minus_sign' 'heavy_multiplication_x' 'heavy_plus_sign' 'on'
-  'registered' 'soon' 'spider' 'telephone_receiver' 'tm' 'top' 'wavy_dash' !default;
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/accessibility.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/accessibility.scss
index 42117ac20f..656da21833 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/accessibility.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/accessibility.scss
@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-@use 'variables' as *;
-
-%emoji-color-inversion {
-  filter: invert(1);
-}
-
-.emojione {
-  @each $emoji in $emojis-requiring-inversion {
-    &[title=':#{$emoji}:'] {
-      @extend %emoji-color-inversion;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 // glitch-soc addition
 .hicolor-privacy-icons {
   .status__visibility-icon.icon-globe,
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/_utils.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/_utils.scss
index 1c03c2f65c..4c207c5094 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/_utils.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/_utils.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 @function css-alpha($base-color, $amount) {
   @return #{rgb(from $base-color r g b / $amount)};
 }
+
+@mixin invert-on-light {
+  .invert-on-light {
+    filter: invert(1);
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin invert-on-dark {
+  .invert-on-dark {
+    filter: invert(1);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/index.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/index.scss
index d78b7e2a99..8e275e514a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/index.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/mastodon/theme/index.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @use 'base';
 @use 'dark';
 @use 'light';
+@use 'utils';
 
 html {
   @include base.palette;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ html {
 
     @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
       @include dark.tokens;
+      @include utils.invert-on-dark;
 
       @media (prefers-contrast: more) {
         @include dark.contrast-overrides;
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ html {
 
     @media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
       @include light.tokens;
+      @include utils.invert-on-light;
 
       @media (prefers-contrast: more) {
         @include light.contrast-overrides;
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ html:where(
   color-scheme: dark;
 
   @include dark.tokens;
+  @include utils.invert-on-dark;
 }
 
 html[data-user-theme='contrast'],
@@ -45,4 +49,5 @@ html:where([data-user-theme='mastodon-light']) {
   color-scheme: light;
 
   @include light.tokens;
+  @include utils.invert-on-light;
 }
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/theme.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/theme.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..767d97cf5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/theme.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export function getUserTheme() {
+  const { userTheme } = document.documentElement.dataset;
+  return userTheme;
+}
+
+export function isDarkMode() {
+  const { userTheme } = document.documentElement.dataset;
+  return (
+    (userTheme === 'system' &&
+      window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches) ||
+    userTheme !== 'mastodon-light'
+  );
+}