colore link con i css

[El rumbero]

mi potete spiegare, perchè le istruzioni sul css non sortiscono il minimo effetto?

CSS 

#divmenu {

	width: 166px;
	background-color: #000000;
	border-top:  0px solid #191919;
	border-right: 0px solid #191919;
	border-left: 0px solid #191919;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #191919;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	
}


#colonnasx {
	border-top:  0px solid #191919;
	border-right: 1px solid #191919;
	border-left: 2px solid #191919;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #191919;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	float: left;
	width: 298px;
	height: 600px;
	background-image: url(h1.jpg);
}





#menu2 a.link, #menu2 a.visited {
	font: bold 12px/1.5 arial;
	 color : #ffcc00;
	 text-align: center;
	 text-decoration: none
	}

#menu2 a.hover {
	font: bold 12px/1.5 arial;
	 color : #d38a00;
	 text-align: center;
	 text-decoration : none;
	}

#menu2 a.active {
	font: bold 12px/1.5 arial;
	 color : #d8ff00;
	 text-align: center;
	 text-decoration: none;
	}

Xhtml 

<div  border= "0" id="colonnasx" >
			<div id="divmenu">
				<div id="menu2">
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</div>
			</div>
			<div id="foot"></div>
			</div>