diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/library/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/library/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.component.ts
index 5453a6404..54f5702eb 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/library/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/library/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.component.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export class RichTextEditorComponent {
 			{	name: 'H3 header', class: '', tag: 'h3'	},
 			{	name: 'H4 header', class: '', tag: 'h4'	},
 			{	name: 'H5 header', class: '', tag: 'h5'},
-			{	name: 'H6 header', class: '', tag: 'h6'}
+			{	name: 'H6 header', class: '', tag: 'h6'},
+			{	name: 'Highlight', class: 'highlight', tag: ''}
 		],
 		toolbarHiddenButtons: [
 			[
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export class RichTextEditorComponent {
 			],
 			[
 				'fontSize',
-				// 'backgroundColor',
+				'backgroundColor',
 				// 'customClasses',
 				'insertImage',
 				'insertVideo',
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/assets/scss/core/_type.scss b/dmp-frontend/src/assets/scss/core/_type.scss
index a46c698be..c65d55b04 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/assets/scss/core/_type.scss
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/assets/scss/core/_type.scss
@@ -90,3 +90,13 @@ h2.title{
 .text-gray{
     color: $gray-color !important;
 }
+
+blockquote {
+	margin-left: 1rem;
+	border-left: .2em solid #dfe2e5;
+	padding-left: .5rem;
+}
+
+.highlight {
+	background-color: lightgoldenrodyellow;
+}