Making the links on the "background" a different colour...?

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I'm trying to make the links on the background of my pages a different colour than the links in my tables... is this possible?

For example, my forum has a dark background, but light tables, so black text looks great on my tables, but my navigation type links (ie, Log Out Administrator) are nearly impossible to see up against the dark background, of course if I change the colour to something bright, my links navigation links in the light coloured tables (ie, the forum titles) looks horrid.

I'm probably just a newb, but i've been trying this for a couple hours now, so if you can help, I'd appreciate it!