diff --git a/.changeset/sweet-islands-sleep.md b/.changeset/sweet-islands-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25ca2791643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sweet-islands-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Replace StateLabel color with new draft token
diff --git a/packages/react/src/StateLabel/StateLabel.module.css b/packages/react/src/StateLabel/StateLabel.module.css
index 2df846dc6f9..19f3ae958de 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/StateLabel/StateLabel.module.css
+++ b/packages/react/src/StateLabel/StateLabel.module.css
@@ -64,15 +64,19 @@
 }
 
 .StateLabel:where([data-status='draft']) {
-  background-color: var(--bgColor-neutral-emphasis);
+  /* stylelint-disable-next-line primer/colors */
+  background-color: var(--bgColor-draft-emphasis, var(--bgColor-neutral-emphasis));
   color: var(--fgColor-onEmphasis);
-  box-shadow: var(--boxShadow-thin, inset 0 0 0 1px) var(--borderColor-neutral-emphasis, transparent);
+  box-shadow: var(--boxShadow-thin, inset 0 0 0 1px)
+    var(--borderColor-draft-emphasis, var(--borderColor-neutral-emphasis, transparent));
 }
 
 .StateLabel:where([data-status='issueDraft']) {
-  background-color: var(--bgColor-neutral-emphasis);
+  /* stylelint-disable-next-line primer/colors */
+  background-color: var(--bgColor-draft-emphasis, var(--bgColor-neutral-emphasis));
   color: var(--fgColor-onEmphasis);
-  box-shadow: var(--boxShadow-thin, inset 0 0 0 1px) var(--borderColor-neutral-emphasis, transparent);
+  box-shadow: var(--boxShadow-thin, inset 0 0 0 1px)
+    var(--borderColor-draft-emphasis, var(--borderColor-neutral-emphasis, transparent));
 }
 
 .StateLabel:where([data-status='unavailable']) {