diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/primitives.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/primitives.tsx
index 7836cfc08..2f673ece4 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/primitives.tsx
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/primitives.tsx
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ export const SectionHeadingIcon = ({
 			{...iconPropsWithoutDisplay}
 			{...props}
 			{...(resolvedSize === undefined ? {} : { size: resolvedSize })}
+			{...(resolved.style?.color === undefined ? {} : { color: resolved.style.color })}
 			style={composeStyles(asStyleInput(iconStyle), asStyleInput(style), resolved.style)}
 		/>
 	);
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24830fd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { renderToBuffer } from "@react-pdf/renderer";
+import { getDocument, OPS } from "pdfjs-dist/legacy/build/pdf.mjs";
+import { act, createElement } from "react";
+import { defaultResumeData } from "@reactive-resume/schema/resume/default";
+import { ResumeDocument } from "../../document";
+
+const renderHeading = async (css: string, hideSectionIcons = false) => {
+	const data = structuredClone(defaultResumeData);
+	data.basics.name = "Audit";
+	data.metadata.typography.body.fontFamily = "Helvetica";
+	data.metadata.typography.heading.fontFamily = "Helvetica";
+	data.metadata.page.hideSectionIcons = hideSectionIcons;
+	data.metadata.layout.pages = [{ fullWidth: true, main: ["skills"], sidebar: [] }];
+	data.metadata.stylesheet = { mode: "semantic", source: { languageVersion: 1, text: `@version 1; ${css}` } };
+	data.sections.skills.items = [
+		{ id: "skill", hidden: false, name: "Skill", proficiency: "", level: 0, keywords: [], icon: "", iconColor: "" },
+	];
+	const element = createElement(ResumeDocument, {
+		data,
+		template: "scizor",
+		resolveSectionTitle: () => "Heading",
+	}) as unknown as Parameters<typeof renderToBuffer>[0];
+	let bytes: Uint8Array = new Uint8Array();
+	await act(async () => {
+		bytes = new Uint8Array(await renderToBuffer(element));
+	});
+	const loadingTask = getDocument({ data: bytes, useSystemFonts: true });
+	try {
+		const document = await loadingTask.promise;
+		const page = await document.getPage(1);
+		const operators = await page.getOperatorList();
+		let fill = "";
+		const text: { value: string; fill: string }[] = [];
+		const colors: string[] = [];
+		for (const [index, fn] of operators.fnArray.entries()) {
+			const args = operators.argsArray[index];
+			if (fn === OPS.setFillRGBColor) fill = args[0];
+			if (fn === OPS.setFillRGBColor || fn === OPS.setStrokeRGBColor) colors.push(args[0]);
+			if (fn === OPS.showText)
+				text.push({
+					value: args[0]
+						.map((glyph: { unicode?: string } | number) => (typeof glyph === "number" ? "" : (glyph.unicode ?? "")))
+						.join(""),
+					fill,
+				});
+		}
+		return { text, colors };
+	} finally {
+		await loadingTask.destroy();
+	}
+};
+
+describe("Semantic section heading colors (#3348)", () => {
+	it.each([false, true])("colors heading text with hideSectionIcons=%s", async (hidden) => {
+		const { text } = await renderHeading("section-heading { color: #1234ef; }", hidden);
+		expect(text).toContainEqual({ value: "HEADING", fill: "#1234ef" });
+	});
+	it("colors explicitly targeted section icons", async () => {
+		const { colors } = await renderHeading("section-heading icon { color: #178a6b; }");
+		expect(colors).toContain("#178a6b");
+	});
+	it("allows independent heading and icon colors", async () => {
+		const { text, colors } = await renderHeading(
+			"section-heading { color: #1234ef; } section-heading icon { color: #178a6b; }",
+		);
+		expect(text).toContainEqual({ value: "HEADING", fill: "#1234ef" });
+		expect(colors).toContain("#178a6b");
+	});
+	it("retains template colors without a custom rule", async () => {
+		const { text, colors } = await renderHeading("");
+		expect(text).toContainEqual({ value: "HEADING", fill: "#000000" });
+		expect(colors).toContain("#dc2626");
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.test.ts b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.test.ts
index 7a1a8ea01..4066b381d 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("SectionShell", () => {
 		);
 
 		expect(headingContainerBlock?.groups?.body).toContain('alignItems: "flex-start"');
-		expect(source).toContain("getSectionHeadingTextStyle(sectionHeadingStyle, sectionHeadingRuleStyle)");
+		expect(source).toMatch(/getSectionHeadingTextStyle\(\s*sectionHeadingStyle,\s*sectionHeadingRuleStyle(?:,|\))/);
 		expect(source).toContain("width: _width");
 		expect(source).not.toContain('width: "auto"');
 	});
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx
index 2c355b28c..bce277164 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx
@@ -366,7 +366,13 @@ const SectionShell = ({ sectionId, title, showHeading = true, children }: Sectio
 						/>
 						<Heading
 							bindSemanticNode={false}
-							style={getSectionHeadingTextStyle(sectionHeadingStyle, sectionHeadingRuleStyle)}
+							style={getSectionHeadingTextStyle(
+								sectionHeadingStyle,
+								sectionHeadingRuleStyle,
+								sectionHeadingResolved.style?.color === undefined
+									? undefined
+									: { color: sectionHeadingResolved.style.color },
+							)}
 						>
 							{sectionTitle}
 						</Heading>