Nah, you're better off trading it for a cream or zebra pickup. Otherwise, you'll either ruin your pickup, or end up with an odd shade of brown or yellow.
Clean the plastic with naptha (lighter fluid) using a Qtip, don't need to soak it. Wipe dry and using a Qtip, rub Kiwi brown shoe polish on. Make it look even colored. Wait a minute and softly wipe off the polish with a soft rag. Too light, repeat Kiwi and let it sit longer. It's fine as long as your fingers don't touch it while playing, should be OK for HB's...on my JV Strat, the neck and mid pup has some color coming off near the edge where my fingers hit...the bridge pup did not hold the color and looked different...Donzo hooked me up with a non-lettered Lace and it's all good now.