Set background color to a text using XSLFO

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Hello Im very new to the XSLFO. I have a requirement to color a text entry with a suitable background color which i do using the snippet

<fo:inline color = "red" background-color = "yellow">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:inline>

With the above snippet i am able to set the forecolor of the text to RED but not the background color.

Though I can add background color using

<fo:inline color = "red">
   <fo:block background-color = "yellow">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </fo:block> 
 </fo:inline>

But this is making my entry come on a separate line which isnt my requirement

Although the xslfo documentation says there is a property available for to add the background color for a text.

<fo:inline background-color = "yellow">
 Hello,World
 </fo:inline>

The background color still doesnt get applied to the text.
Im using the xslfo version 1.0

Anyone out there to help me out what could be the cause?

Cheers