diff --git a/lam/HISTORY b/lam/HISTORY
index 06fcfb68..568fcf4f 100644
--- a/lam/HISTORY
+++ b/lam/HISTORY
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ December 2018 6.6
   - New import/export in tools menu
   - YubiKey support
   - Windows users: manage "departmentNumber" (needs to be activated via LAM server profile)
+  - LAM Pro:
+    -> Easy setting of background color in self service profile
 
 
 25.09.2018 6.5
diff --git a/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-selfService.xml b/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-selfService.xml
index a52223e9..ad73d464 100644
--- a/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-selfService.xml
+++ b/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-selfService.xml
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@
               code is permitted.</entry>
             </row>
 
+            <row>
+              <entry>Base color</entry>
+
+              <entry>Here you can change the background color for the user
+              pages.</entry>
+            </row>
+
             <row>
               <entry>Additional CSS links</entry>
 
diff --git a/lam/help/help.inc b/lam/help/help.inc
index c9d29e82..516f2a75 100644
--- a/lam/help/help.inc
+++ b/lam/help/help.inc
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ $helpArray = array (
 					"Text" => _('Please enter the site and secret key you got from Google reCAPTCHA.')),
 				"522" => array ("Headline" => _('Secure login'),
 					"Text" => _('Protect the self service login with a captcha.')),
+				"523" => array ("Headline" => _('Base color'),
+					"Text" => _('Background color for self service pages.')),
 				"550" => array ("Headline" => _("From address"),
 					"Text" => _("This email address will be set as sender address of all password mails. If empty the system default (php.ini) will be used.")),
 				"551" => array ("Headline" => _("Subject"),
diff --git a/lam/lib/html.inc b/lam/lib/html.inc
index 648d619a..a947f903 100644
--- a/lam/lib/html.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/html.inc
@@ -2656,6 +2656,127 @@ class htmlTableExtendedInputTextarea extends htmlInputTextarea {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * Prints the HTML code for a color picker field.
+ *
+ * @package metaHTML
+ */
+class htmlInputColorPicker extends htmlElement {
+
+	/** unique name of input element */
+	private $name;
+	/** color value */
+	private $color;
+	/** enabled or disabled */
+	private $isEnabled = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name unique name
+	 * @param string $colorValue color value (e.g. #000000)
+	 */
+	public function __construct($name, $colorValue = '#000000') {
+		$this->name = htmlspecialchars($name);
+		$this->color = htmlspecialchars($colorValue);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * @see htmlElement::generateHTML()
+	 */
+	public function generateHTML($module, $input, $values, $restricted, &$tabindex, $scope) {
+		$tabindexValue = ' tabindex="' . $tabindex . '"';
+		$tabindex++;
+		$disabled = '';
+		if (!$this->isEnabled) {
+			$disabled = ' disabled';
+		}
+		echo '<input type="color" value="' . $this->color . '" id="' . $this->name . '" name="' . $this->name . '"' . $tabindexValue . $disabled . '>';
+		return array($this->name => 'file');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies if this component is enabled and accepts user modification.
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $isEnabled enabled if true
+	 */
+	public function setIsEnabled($isEnabled) {
+		$this->isEnabled = $isEnabled;
+	}
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * Color picker with descriptive label and help link.
+ *
+ * @package metaHTML
+ */
+class htmlResponsiveInputColorPicker extends htmlInputColorPicker {
+
+	/** descriptive label */
+	private $label;
+	/** help ID */
+	private $helpID;
+	/** help module */
+	private $helpModule = null;
+	/** render HTML of parent class */
+	private $renderParentHtml = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name unique name
+	 * @param string $colorValue color value (e.g. #000000)
+	 * @param string $label descriptive label
+	 * @param string $helpID help ID
+	 */
+	public function __construct($name, $colorValue, $label, $helpID = null) {
+		parent::__construct($name, $colorValue);
+		$this->label = htmlspecialchars($label);
+		if (is_string($helpID)) {
+			$this->helpID = $helpID;
+		}
+		elseif (is_array($helpID)) {
+			$this->helpID = $helpID[0];
+			$this->helpModule = $helpID[1];
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * @see htmlInputColorPicker::generateHTML()
+	 */
+	public function generateHTML($module, $input, $values, $restricted, &$tabindex, $scope) {
+		if ($this->renderParentHtml) {
+			return parent::generateHTML($module, $input, $values, $restricted, $tabindex, $scope);
+		}
+		// HTML of parent class is rendered on second call (done by htmlResponsiveRow)
+		$this->renderParentHtml = true;
+		$row = new htmlResponsiveRow();
+		// label text
+		$labelGroup = new htmlGroup();
+		$labelGroup->addElement(new htmlOutputText($this->label));
+		if (!empty($this->helpID)) {
+			$helpLinkLabel = new htmlHelpLink($this->helpID, $this->helpModule);
+			$helpLinkLabel->setCSSClasses(array('hide-on-tablet', 'margin-left5'));
+			$labelGroup->addElement($helpLinkLabel);
+		}
+		$row->add($labelGroup, 12, 6, 6, 'responsiveLabel');
+		// input field
+		$fieldGroup = new htmlGroup();
+		$fieldGroup->addElement($this);
+		if (!empty($this->helpID)) {
+			$helpLinkField = new htmlHelpLink($this->helpID, $this->helpModule);
+			$helpLinkField->setCSSClasses(array('hide-on-mobile'));
+			$fieldGroup->addElement($helpLinkField);
+		}
+		$row->add($fieldGroup, 12, 6, 6, 'responsiveField nowrap');
+		return $row->generateHTML($module, $input, $values, $restricted, $tabindex, $scope);
+	}
+
+}
+
 /**
  * Prints the HTML code for an image.
  *
diff --git a/lam/lib/selfService.inc b/lam/lib/selfService.inc
index 422a2ebe..5c79ebd5 100644
--- a/lam/lib/selfService.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/selfService.inc
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ class selfServiceProfile {
 	/** header for self service pages */
 	public $pageHeader;
 
+	/** base color */
+	public $baseColor = '#fffde2';
+
 	/** list of additional CSS links (separated by \n) */
 	public $additionalCSS;
 
@@ -416,6 +419,7 @@ class selfServiceProfile {
 		$this->httpAuthentication = false;
 		$this->pageHeader = '<table border=0 width="100%" class="lamHeader ui-corner-all"><tr><td align="left" height="30"><a class="lamLogo" href="http://www.ldap-account-manager.org/" target="new_window">LDAP Account Manager</a></td></tr></table><br>';
 		$this->additionalCSS = '';
+		$this->baseColor = '#fffde2';
 		$this->loginCaption = '<b>' . _("Welcome to LAM self service. Please enter your user name and password.") . '</b>';
 		$this->loginAttributeText = _('User name');
 		$this->passwordLabel = '';