Works, but need to edit, hard to send feedback.

I find that for most recent releases I have to defer updates and edit css to get visible (black) text in the status field.

/var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css

Maybe this is a hacky fix, but it gets us by…

.wpcf7 form .wpcf7-response-output {
margin: 2em 0.5em 1em;
padding: 0.2em 1em;
border: 2px solid #00a0d2; /* Blue */
color: black;              /* Add this line */
}