The background should be a woodgrain table... maybe clear browser cache and reload the page? If that doesn't help, can you let me know what browser you're using so I can take a look?
I had intended to work on this today, but there was a bit of a family emergency. The text is supposed to be black in that section... not entirely sure why it's not showing correctly for you, but I'll definitely look at the site code tomorrow and get that corrected. I appreciate the heads up.