Android Changing Action Bar color

That code works for me and it also changes text color

<resources>

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText</item>
    <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText</item>
    <item name="background">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="android:height">150dp</item>
    <item name="height">60dp</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textSize">15dp</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

This is all you need to change the color of the action bar:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">#995544</item>
</style>