Changing search highlight color

When you search for a text string on a web page in Safari, the "current" instance of the string is highlighted in bright yellow, and all the other instances visible at the moment are white, and the rest of the page is lightly greyed out.
This isn't too obtrusive if you're searching for a fairly short string, but if you're searching for several lines of text (not common perhaps, but it does happen), the yellow can get sort of blinding.
At first I thought this was a system-wide issue, but have come to the conclusion that it may be more specifically Safari, as I've looked at other programs that are part of the system, and the only things that are similar are TextEdit and Adium (which is not part of the installed software that comes with the system), and both of them, the yellow fades to blue very quickly.
Thanks in advance.
Sharon

HI Sharon,
It clears the cache. Sometimes just emptying the Safari Cache from the Menu Bar doesn't do the job.. that's why I suggested just removing the "cache.db" file instead. Relaunching Safari will regenerate that file.
Try moving the Safari.plist file to the Desktop if deleting the "cache.db" file doesn't help...
Go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari and see if that makes a difference. If not, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder. If Safari functions as it should, move that .plist file to the Trash.

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