diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/FormatUtil.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/FormatUtil.java
index 6ce0b7f29..55731454b 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/FormatUtil.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/FormatUtil.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package com.earth2me.essentials.utils;
 
 import net.ess3.api.IUser;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
+import org.bukkit.Color;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ public final class FormatUtil {
         if (hexColor.length() != 6) {
             throw new NumberFormatException("Invalid hex length");
         }
-        Color.decode("#" + hexColor);
+
+        //noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
+        Color.fromRGB(Integer.decode("#" + hexColor));
         final StringBuilder assembledColorCode = new StringBuilder();
         assembledColorCode.append(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR + "x");
         for (final char curChar : hexColor.toCharArray()) {
diff --git a/EssentialsDiscord/src/main/java/net/essentialsx/discord/util/DiscordUtil.java b/EssentialsDiscord/src/main/java/net/essentialsx/discord/util/DiscordUtil.java
index 45ccd551a..3de1e1f21 100644
--- a/EssentialsDiscord/src/main/java/net/essentialsx/discord/util/DiscordUtil.java
+++ b/EssentialsDiscord/src/main/java/net/essentialsx/discord/util/DiscordUtil.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import net.essentialsx.discord.JDADiscordService;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -129,17 +128,17 @@ public final class DiscordUtil {
      * @return The bukkit color code or blank string.
      */
     public static String getRoleColorFormat(Member member) {
-        final Color color = member.getColor();
+        final int rawColor = member.getColorRaw();
 
-        if (color == null) {
+        if (rawColor == Role.DEFAULT_COLOR_RAW) {
             return "";
         }
 
         if (VersionUtil.getServerBukkitVersion().isHigherThanOrEqualTo(VersionUtil.v1_16_1_R01)) {
             // Essentials' FormatUtil allows us to not have to use bungee's chatcolor since bukkit's own one doesn't support rgb
-            return FormatUtil.replaceFormat("&#" + Integer.toHexString(color.getRGB()).substring(2));
+            return FormatUtil.replaceFormat("&#" + Integer.toHexString(rawColor).substring(2));
         }
-        return FormatUtil.replaceFormat("&" + DownsampleUtil.nearestTo(color.getRGB()));
+        return FormatUtil.replaceFormat("&" + DownsampleUtil.nearestTo(rawColor));
     }
 
     /**