diff --git a/server/src/tools/semantic_tokens.py b/server/src/tools/semantic_tokens.py
index fa67bb8..974998f 100644
--- a/server/src/tools/semantic_tokens.py
+++ b/server/src/tools/semantic_tokens.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import List
 import attrs
 from common.load_data import standard_items
 from tclint.commands.plugins import PluginManager
-from tclint.syntax_tree import BareWord, Command, QuotedWord, Visitor
+from tclint.syntax_tree import BareWord, BracedWord, Command, QuotedWord, Visitor
 from tools.variable_names import variable_name
 from tools.tcloo_symbols import class_symbols
 from tools.tcloo_completion import _analyze
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ class _Highlighter(Visitor):
     def visit_command(self, command: Command):
         routine = command.routine
 
+        # Stored procedure names in braced lappend arguments use the same
+        # highlighting as calls, without treating the literal as executable Tcl.
+        if routine.contents in {"lappend", "::lappend"}:
+            for argument in command.args:
+                if (isinstance(argument, BracedWord)
+                        and argument.contents in self._custom_function_names | _STANDARD_PROC_NAMES):
+                    line, col = argument.contents_pos
+                    self._append_token((line - 1, col - 1), len(argument.contents), "function", [])
+
         # Highlight functions (custom or standard) when used as the routine
         name = getattr(routine, "contents", None)
         if name: