Footer links inherit site content link hover effect

[nicolepaschen]

When using the standard Customizer created footer you can set the link color but not the hover effect which leads to links that aren't visible on hover:

When I have a custom footer with buttons, the buttons inherit the standard site hover effect instead of acting like buttons:

[nicolepaschen]

I think this is stopping buttons from acting like buttons

[nicolepaschen]

Not sure what is controlling the hover effect for links in sidebar. Again I can set link color but not hover effect. Site Content is to only add underline not change color