diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
index fba19f5013..c5c65893c0 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class TextComponent implements RenderableEntity
 			for (String textSplitOnCol : parts)
 			{
 				final String textWithoutCol = textWithoutColTags(textSplitOnCol);
-				final String colColor = textSplitOnCol.substring(textSplitOnCol.indexOf("=") + 1, textSplitOnCol.indexOf(">"));
+				final String colColor = textSplitOnCol.substring(textSplitOnCol.indexOf('=') + 1, textSplitOnCol.indexOf('>'));
 
 				renderText(graphics, x, position.y, textWithoutCol, Color.decode("#" + colColor), borderColor);