I've been modifying the phpkaox template and can't seem to get the area behind the banner space to style no matter what I do. I've searched my stylesheets for any remaining reference to DDE1DE, the hex value for the color displayed in that area of the header (I've changed all the others), but it's not in any of the stylesheets, nor is it in the theme.html file.

I've even tried setting background images or colors directly in the html file to try and force it, and it still doesn't modify the style of that td (or div, or table, or any element I stick it in).

I there some specific trick to styling this area?

Thanks in advance.

Try adding your background color to this line in theme.html

using background-color: blue
(as an example)