[Ed B.]

I haven't checked yet with xcart5.4 (or even with5.3), so I am not completely sure, and the template is fashion, not standard,

but with xcart5.2 I have lines in custom CSS

#top-main-menu > li.leaf >a:active, div > #top-main-menu > li.leaf:active >a, #top-main-menu > li.leaf >a:hover,
.navbar-inverse {
  background-color: #941201;
  border-color: #941201;
}
.navbar-inverse li a:hover span
{color:#000000;
}
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
 /* color: #ffffff;*/
  color:#941100;
  background-color: #941201;
}
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav  a:active,
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav > .active > a,
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav > .active > a:hover,
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav > .active > a:focus {
  color: #ffffff;
/*  background-color: #44596f;*/
}

wouldn't this work with 5.4?