diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.html b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.html
index 8203ad3bd499b616960d2be14d3c429f57a1f17b..68f00a5ba2a3ae6f7fc2889e743c8f6df2cb1135 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.html
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.html
@@ -244,10 +244,11 @@
           </div>
         </span>
       </td>
+      <!-- for non-srdp entries, DAs want AOD color highlighting to match the DA one -->
       <td
         [ngClass]="{
-        'staff-assigned' : request.assigned_aod,
-        'staff-unassigned' : !request.assigned_aod
+        'staff-assigned' : (getMetadata(request).is_srdp && request.assigned_aod) || (!getMetadata(request).is_srdp && request.assigned_da),
+        'staff-unassigned' : (getMetadata(request).is_srdp && !request.assigned_aod) || (!getMetadata(request).is_srdp && !request.assigned_da)
         }"
       >
         <span *ngIf="qaStaff.AOD">