diff --git a/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html b/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html
index 80ac2a4b..6c218f88 100644
--- a/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html
+++ b/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@
           <img src="assets/explore-banner.png">
         </div>
         <div>
-          <div [class.lines-11]="!readMore" class="uk-margin-bottom multi-line-ellipsis">
-            <helper *ngIf="pageContents && pageContents['right'] && pageContents['right'].length > 0"
-                    [texts]="pageContents['right']"></helper>
+          <div [class.lines-10]="!readMore" class="uk-margin-bottom multi-line-ellipsis">
+            <helper [texts]="pageContents['right']" ></helper>
+
 <!-- If no help text, uncomment from here-->
 <!--          <div class="uk-h2" style="color: white !important;">-->
 <!--            Extracted <b>Metadata Combined.</b>-->
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
-  <div *ngIf="pageContents && pageContents['right'] && pageContents['right'].length > 0" class="homePageGrayBackground">
-    <div class="graph-background-bottom uk-background-norepeat uk-background-top-center uk-height-small"></div>
-  </div>
+<!--  <div  class="homePageGrayBackground">-->
+    <div *ngIf="pageContents && pageContents['right'] && pageContents['right'].length > 0"
+         class="graph-background-bottom uk-background-norepeat uk-background-top-center uk-height-small"></div>
+<!--  </div>-->
 <!-- If no help text, uncomment from here-->
 <!--  <div class="uk-section uk-section-small">-->
 <!--    <div class="uk-container uk-container-large">-->
@@ -414,15 +415,15 @@
 <!-- If no help text, uncomment to here-->
 
 <!-- For old numbers section, comment from here-->
-<div class="uk-section-default uk-section numbers-background">
-  <div class="uk-container uk-text-center">
+<div class="uk-section-default uk-section  uk-padding-remove-bottom">
+  <div class="uk-container uk-text-center  uk-margin-medium-bottom">
     <div class="uk-margin-medium uk-flex-center">
       <div class="uk-first-column">
         <div class="uk-panel">
           <h2 class="uk-margin uk-h2 uk-text-center">
             Our growing <span class="uk-text-bold">Community</span>
           </h2>
-          <div class="uk-margin-large-top">
+          <div class="uk-margin-medium-top">
             <div class="uk-grid uk-child-width-1-3@m">
               <p *ngIf="showProjects && fundersSize">
                 <span class="portal-color emphasis">
@@ -453,8 +454,9 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
-
-  <div class="uk-container uk-margin-large-top">
+</div>
+<div class="uk-section-default uk-section numbers-background  uk-padding-remove-top">
+  <div class="uk-container uk-margin-medium-top">
     <div class="uk-grid uk-flex uk-flex-center">
       <div class="uk-margin-large-right">
         <div *ngIf="showPublications && publicationsSize" class="uk-margin-medium-bottom">
diff --git a/explore/src/assets/curved-bottom.svg b/explore/src/assets/curved-bottom.svg
index 80bb2eff..e5fc787b 100644
--- a/explore/src/assets/curved-bottom.svg
+++ b/explore/src/assets/curved-bottom.svg
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="2589.757" height="64.343" viewBox="0 0 2589.757 64.343"><path d="M0,521.966H1978.151a.887.887,0,0,1,0,.881c-240.592,0-232.9,20.119-332.308,32.318s-279.843,0-279.843,0-332.25-31.658-599-15-244,44-432,46-264.28-32.058-357.23-46S-184.5,522.987-279.812,522.24s-331.688,0-331.688,0v-.274H0Z" transform="translate(611.5 -521.907)" fill="#d95f2d"/></svg>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="2589.757" height="64.343" viewBox="0 0 2589.757 64.343">
+    <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#FAFAFA"/>
+    <path d="M0,521.966H1978.151a.887.887,0,0,1,0,.881c-240.592,0-232.9,20.119-332.308,32.318s-279.843,0-279.843,0-332.25-31.658-599-15-244,44-432,46-264.28-32.058-357.23-46S-184.5,522.987-279.812,522.24s-331.688,0-331.688,0v-.274H0Z" transform="translate(611.5 -521.907)" fill="#d95f2d"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/explore/src/assets/explore-custom.css b/explore/src/assets/explore-custom.css
index 601b9291..1639c2cc 100644
--- a/explore/src/assets/explore-custom.css
+++ b/explore/src/assets/explore-custom.css
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 }
 
 .numbers-background {
-    background: transparent url('numbers_background_pattern.svg') 0% 0% no-repeat padding-box;
+    background: transparent url('explore-assets/numbers_background_pattern.svg') 0% 0% no-repeat padding-box;
     background-size: cover;
 }
 
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@
     transition-duration:0.3s;
 }
 
-.homePageGrayBackground {
-    background: #FAFAFA 0% 0% no-repeat padding-box;
-}
-
 .graph-background {
   background: var(--portal-main-color) 0 0 no-repeat padding-box;
   color: white;
@@ -170,6 +166,7 @@
 .graph-background-bottom {
   margin-top: -1.5px;
   background-image: url("curved-bottom.svg");
+  background-color: #FAFAFA;
 }
 
 .custom-explore-toggle {