From 10a3e0ab8bfcce1732f77af9663c353bd40c7516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura Beatris <48022589+LauraBeatris@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 13:31:32 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove inactive opacity from placeholder

---
 packages/ui/src/elements/Select.tsx | 11 +----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/Select.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/Select.tsx
index 8851645f873..cd0d49d36bc 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/Select.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/Select.tsx
@@ -393,16 +393,7 @@ export const SelectButton = (
 
   let show: React.ReactNode = children;
   if (!children) {
-    show = selectedOption ? (
-      buttonRenderOption(selectedOption)
-    ) : (
-      <Text
-        as='span'
-        sx={t => ({ opacity: t.opacity.$inactive })}
-      >
-        {placeholder}
-      </Text>
-    );
+    show = selectedOption ? buttonRenderOption(selectedOption) : <Text as='span'>{placeholder}</Text>;
   }
 
   return (

From 73ae33d0d9dacca1a4734673aa4e89770e8cda62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura Beatris <48022589+LauraBeatris@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 13:33:44 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add changeset

---
 .changeset/fruity-donuts-study.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fruity-donuts-study.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fruity-donuts-study.md b/.changeset/fruity-donuts-study.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd445613a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fruity-donuts-study.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/ui': patch
+---
+
+Remove opacity from `Select` placeholder