diff --git a/lua/tokyonight/extra/zathura.lua b/lua/tokyonight/extra/zathura.lua
index 39b5af27..7a691a4b 100644
--- a/lua/tokyonight/extra/zathura.lua
+++ b/lua/tokyonight/extra/zathura.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,36 @@ local M = {}
 
 --- @param colors ColorScheme
 function M.generate(colors)
+  local zathuraColors = {}
+  for colorsK, colorsV in pairs(colors) do
+    -- Add any color names we need to convert from hex to decimal
+    local convertColors = { "yellow", "green" }
+    -- Return true if a table contains a value
+    ---@param tab table Table to search in
+    ---@param val any Value to locate in table
+    local function contains(tab, val)
+      for _, value in ipairs(tab) do
+        if value == val then
+          return true
+        end
+      end
+      return false
+    end
+    if contains(convertColors, colorsK) then
+      local colorNames = { "R", "G", "B" }
+      -- Start at 2 to skip #
+      local hexIndex = 2
+      -- Inserts values into table in form of {color}Decimal{R,G,B}
+      for i = 1, #colorNames do
+        local zathuraColorsK = colorsK .. "Decimal" .. colorNames[i]
+        local zathuraColorsV = tonumber(colorsV:sub(hexIndex, hexIndex + 1), 16)
+        zathuraColors[zathuraColorsK] = zathuraColorsV
+        hexIndex = hexIndex + 2
+      end
+    end
+    -- Add other colors into table normally
+    zathuraColors[colorsK] = colorsV
+  end
   local zathura = util.template(
     [[
 # Tokyonight color theme for Zathura
@@ -31,8 +61,8 @@ set inputbar-bg "${bg}"
 set inputbar-fg "${fg}"
 set statusbar-bg "${bg}"
 set statusbar-fg "${fg}"
-set highlight-color "${yellow}"
-set highlight-active-color "${green}"
+set highlight-color "rgba(${yellowDecimalR}, ${yellowDecimalG}, ${yellowDecimalB}, 0.5)"
+set highlight-active-color "rgba(${greenDecimalR}, ${greenDecimalG}, ${greenDecimalB}, 0.5)"
 set default-bg "${bg}"
 set default-fg "${fg}"
 set render-loading true
@@ -45,7 +75,7 @@ set render-loading-bg "${fg}"
 set recolor-lightcolor "${bg}"
 set recolor-darkcolor "${fg}"
 ]],
-    colors
+    zathuraColors
   )
   return zathura
 end