diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a015af124..458f2fdf2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ command.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
+0.24.3 [future]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix a regression in the previous release that broke :opt:`active_tab_foreground` (:iss:`4620`)
+
 0.24.2 [2022-02-03]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index bded5f131..fbf72286b 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ surround the text with quotes. See :opt:`tab_title_template` for how this is ren
 '''
     )
 
-opt('tab_title_template', '"{fmt.fg.red}{bell_symbol}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.default}{title}"',
+opt('tab_title_template', '"{fmt.fg.red}{bell_symbol}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.tab}{title}"',
     option_type='tab_title_template',
     long_text='''
 A template to render the tab title. The default just renders the title with optional symbols for bell and activity.
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ is done by Python's string formatting machinery, so you can use, for instance,
 :code:`{layout_name[:2].upper()}` to show only the first two letters of the
 layout name, upper-cased. If you want to style the text, you can use styling
 directives, for example:
-:code:`{fmt.fg.red}red{fmt.fg.default}normal{fmt.bg._00FF00}green
+:code:`{fmt.fg.red}red{fmt.fg.tab}normal{fmt.bg._00FF00}green
 bg{fmt.bg.tab}`. Similarly, for bold and italic:
 :code:`{fmt.bold}bold{fmt.nobold}normal{fmt.italic}italic{fmt.noitalic}`.
 Note that for backward compatibility, if :code:`{bell_symbol}` or :code:`{activity_symbol}`
diff --git a/kitty/options/types.py b/kitty/options/types.py
index b069cf239..559ce5b2c 100644
--- a/kitty/options/types.py
+++ b/kitty/options/types.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ class Options:
     tab_powerline_style: choices_for_tab_powerline_style = 'angled'
     tab_separator: str = ' ┇'
     tab_switch_strategy: choices_for_tab_switch_strategy = 'previous'
-    tab_title_template: str = '{fmt.fg.red}{bell_symbol}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.default}{title}'
+    tab_title_template: str = '{fmt.fg.red}{bell_symbol}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.tab}{title}'
     term: str = 'xterm-kitty'
     touch_scroll_multiplier: float = 1.0
     update_check_interval: float = 24.0
diff --git a/kitty/tab_bar.py b/kitty/tab_bar.py
index 6e7c55d44..3d3470ae0 100644
--- a/kitty/tab_bar.py
+++ b/kitty/tab_bar.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def draw_title(draw_data: DrawData, screen: Screen, tab: TabBarData, index: int)
     if eval_locals['activity_symbol'] and not template_has_field(template, 'activity_symbol'):
         prefix += '{activity_symbol}'
     if prefix:
-        template = '{fmt.fg.red}' + prefix + '{fmt.fg.default}' + template
+        template = '{fmt.fg.red}' + prefix + '{fmt.fg.tab}' + template
     try:
         title = eval(compile_template(template), {'__builtins__': {}}, eval_locals)
     except Exception as e: