Why isn't my anchor turning yellow?

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I want my anchors to turn yellow when I hover over them but it isn't working.

What I have tried:

<style>
  a:hover {
    color: yellow;
    }
</style>

<body>
<a href="https://##redacted##.com/" target="_blank">Click Me</a>
</body>

Posted 18-Aug-21 4:03am

Sam Frydman 2021

Updated 18-Aug-21 4:27am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2021-08-18T04:27:00

Solution 1

It works fine for me when I test it in isolation: JSFiddle - Code Playground[^]
I copy and paste your code and sure enough, I hover, it's yellow. I unhover, it's blue.

Check the rest of your css code and see if anything else is affecting it.

Posted 18-Aug-21 4:27am

OriginalGriff

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Dave Kreskowiak 18-Aug-21 10:47am

Does that still work after you've clicked the link, then returned to the test page, and hovered over the link again?

Richard Deeming 18-Aug-21 10:54am

Yes.

Sam Frydman 2021 21-Aug-21 11:08am

In response to OriginalGriff's suggestion, I don't see anything else in my CSS that could be affecting it. Just to be sure, I created a new html document using only the following code - absolutely nothing else - and the hover still isn't working.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
    
    <style>
        a:hover {
            color: yellow:
        }
    </style>
<head>

</head>
<body>
    <a href="https://freecatphotoapp.com/" target="_blank">Click Me</a>
</body>
</html>

OriginalGriff 21-Aug-21 11:54am

What browsers did you test it on?