diff --git a/java/src/main/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java b/java/src/main/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
index 68f7cc4..3c69601 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public final class QrCode {
 			.append("<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd\">\n")
 			.append(String.format("<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 %1$d %1$d\" stroke=\"none\">\n",
 				size + brd * 2))
-			.append("\t<rect width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" fill=\"#FFFFFF\"/>\n")
+			.append("\t<rect width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" fill=\"rgb(255, 255, 255)\"/>\n")
 			.append("\t<path d=\"");
 		for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
 			for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ public final class QrCode {
 			}
 		}
 		return sb
-			.append("\" fill=\"#000000\"/>\n")
+			.append("\" fill=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"/>\n")
 			.append("</svg>\n")
 			.toString();
 	}