Hi Josh,
You can change it yourself. The 'pale yellow' is actually the windows 'tooltip' color.
Follow the steps below, and you can change it right away.
1. Go to 'Display Properties' (Right click on your desktop then pick 'Properties')
2. Choose tab 'Appearance'. If you are using Windows XP, click 'Advanced'.
3. Select the item 'ToolTip' and change it to another color. See images below.
Warm Regards,
Biju