Jelly CSS button
Wobbly bouncy button that grows on hover. Hover, click and tab to it to see every state.
CSS
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fredoka:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');
.btn {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: .5em;
padding: 14px 28px;
font-family: 'Fredoka', sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 600;
line-height: 1.2;
color: #052e16;
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #86efac 0%, #4ade80 100%);
border: 0;
border-radius: 999px;
box-shadow: 0 8px 20px -6px rgba(22, 163, 74, .59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375), inset 0 3px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
transition: transform 300ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1), box-shadow 300ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1), filter 300ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}
.btn:hover {
transform: translateY(-2px) scale(1.0800000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125);
filter: brightness(1.0500000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125);
box-shadow: 0 10px 24px -6px rgba(22, 163, 74, .59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375), inset 0 3px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
}
.btn:active {
transform: scale(0.92000000000000003996802888650563545525074005126953125);
transition-duration: 150ms;
}
.btn:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid #86efac;
outline-offset: 3px;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn {
transition: none;
animation: none;
}
}HTML
<button class="btn" type="button">
Boing
</button>How this button is built
- Background: a 2-stop
linear-gradient()at 180° (#86efac → #4ade80). - Type: Fredoka, weight 600, 18px, in #052e16.
- Shape: a fully rounded pill shape with 14px × 28px padding.
- Depth: a coloured glow and an inset highlight along the edge.
- Interaction: on hover it lifts 2px, scales to 108% and brightens slightly, and it squishes slightly when clicked, with 300ms 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 Fredoka 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.