issues with front color

I want to make my text inside the search field white but I have gotten this far and am stumped! Currently the text is either transparent or black becasue you cant see it.

.aws-container .aws-search-field {
border-color: #e60000 !important;
font-size: 15px !important;
background: transparent !important;
}
.aws-container .aws-search-field::placeholder {
color: #fff !important;
}

Thanks,

Derrick