Customizing Badge Label within the moreNavigationController - ios

I use the badgeValue Attribute of tabBarItems to indicate a warning. This works fine as long as the tabBarItem is visible in the Tab Bar. See Picture:
Looking good
But once the tabBarItem is moved behind the moreNavigationController the badgeValue turns into a Label that is part of a TableViewCell. Unfortunately due to the dark theme of the app the Label looks wrong with its white background. See Picture:
ugly badge label
Is there a way to customize the color (textColor and backgroundColor) of this Label?
Thanks
Gerald

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