Tab font color

So I understand to add tab color but I need to change the font and it's not changing. I tried but the change the font is not working. I am missing something?
$("a[data-tabid]:contains('ACTIVE Inspection Need Attention')").parent().css('background','#ffe8e5');

$("a[data-tabid]:contains('New Inspections')").parent().css('background','#ffe8e5');

$("ul[class='nav nav-tabs bsgrid_tabs']").find("a").css("background", "#f8f8f8");

$("li[class=active]").find("a").css("background", "#e0e0e0");