Gold Foil CSS button
Metallic gold foil gradient in spaced serif capitals. Hover, click and tab to it to see every state.
CSS
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cinzel:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap');
.btn {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: .5em;
padding: 14px 28px;
font-family: 'Cinzel', serif;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 1.2;
letter-spacing: 0.1600000000000000033306690738754696212708950042724609375em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #3b2a06;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf953f 0%, #fcf6ba 25%, #b38728 50%, #fbf5b7 75%, #aa771c 100%);
border: 0;
border-radius: 4px;
box-shadow: 0 10px 24px -10px rgba(179, 135, 40, .6999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875), inset 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
transition: transform 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), box-shadow 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), filter 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1);
}
.btn:hover {
transform: translateY(-1px);
filter: brightness(1.060000000000000053290705182007513940334320068359375);
box-shadow: 0 11px 26px -10px rgba(179, 135, 40, .6999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875), inset 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
}
.btn:active {
transform: translateY(1px) scale(0.979999999999999982236431605997495353221893310546875);
box-shadow: 0 9px 24px -10px rgba(179, 135, 40, .6999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875), inset 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
transition-duration: 100ms;
}
.btn:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid #bf953f;
outline-offset: 3px;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn {
transition: none;
animation: none;
}
}HTML
<button class="btn" type="button">
Reserve
</button>How this button is built
- Background: a 5-stop
linear-gradient()at 135° (#bf953f → #fcf6ba → #b38728 → #fbf5b7 → #aa771c). - Type: Cinzel, weight 700, 15px, uppercase, letter-spacing 16px, in #3b2a06.
- Shape: 4px rounded corners with 14px × 28px padding.
- Depth: a coloured glow and an inset highlight along the edge.
- Interaction: on hover it lifts 1px and brightens slightly, and it squishes slightly when clicked, with 200ms transitions.
- Accessibility: a visible
:focus-visiblering for keyboard users, and all motion turns off underprefers-reduced-motion.
How to use it
- Copy the CSS into your stylesheet. The
@importline loads the Cinzel font from Google Fonts. Move it to the top of your file, or drop it if you already load the font. - Paste the HTML where you want the button. It works on
<button>,<a>and<input type="submit">. - Change the label, or rename the
.btnclass if it clashes with your framework. Want a different colour or size? Open it in the editor, change it visually, and copy the new code.