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CSS Brushed Brass Plate Button

A machined brass nameplate: horizontal brush grain from stacked repeating gradients, four countersunk screws, engraved letterforms cut with a two-shadow bevel, and a specular band that sweeps across the metal as the pointer crosses it.

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<div class="cb-21">
  <div class="cb-21__stage">
    <button class="cb-21__btn" type="button">
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--tl" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--tr" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--bl" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--br" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__sheen" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__label">Reserve a table</span>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cinzel:wght@500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-21 {
  --bg: #171310;
  --brass: #b08d4f;
  --brass-hi: #e6cd94;
  --brass-lo: #7d6132;
  --engrave: #4a3717;
  --radius: .5rem;
  --serif: "Cinzel",ui-serif,Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: radial-gradient(40rem 24rem at 50% 40%, color-mix(in oklab,var(--brass) 14%,transparent), transparent 70%), var(--bg);
  font-family: var(--serif);
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-21 {
    --brass: oklch(66% .08 82);
    --brass-hi: oklch(86% .08 88);
    --brass-lo: oklch(48% .07 80);
    --engrave: oklch(33% .05 72);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
  .cb-21:not([data-theme="dark"]) {
    --bg: #2a231c;
  }
}

.cb-21[data-theme="light"] {
  --bg: #2a231c;
}

.cb-21,
.cb-21 *,
.cb-21 *::before,
.cb-21 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-21__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-21__btn {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  cursor: pointer;
  min-height: 4rem;
  padding: 0 3.1rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--brass-lo);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--engrave);
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.10) 0 1px, transparent 1px 2px, rgba(0,0,0,.07) 2px 3px, transparent 3px 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.05) 0 1px, transparent 1px 7px), linear-gradient(112deg, var(--brass-hi), var(--brass) 34%, var(--brass-lo) 62%, var(--brass) 86%);
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 55%,transparent), 0 -1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,black 42%,transparent);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 45%,transparent), inset 0 -1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,black 35%,transparent), 0 14px 26px -14px rgba(0,0,0,.75);
  transition: translate .18s ease, box-shadow .22s ease, filter .3s ease;
}

.cb-21__label {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 3;
}

.cb-21__sheen {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, transparent 38%, rgba(255,255,255,.42) 50%, transparent 62%);
  translate: -62% 0;
  transition: translate .85s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}

.cb-21__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) .cb-21__sheen {
  translate: 62% 0;
}

.cb-21__btn:hover {
  filter: brightness(1.05);
}

.cb-21__screw {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  width: .55rem;
  height: .55rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%, #f0e0b8, #8d6f38 60%, #5c4520);
  box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.5), 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.25);
  transition: rotate .3s ease;
}

.cb-21__screw::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 22% 12%;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,.55);
  clip-path: polygon(0 42%,100% 42%,100% 58%,0 58%);
}

.cb-21__screw--tl {
  top: .5rem;
  left: .6rem;
}

.cb-21__screw--tr {
  top: .5rem;
  right: .6rem;
  rotate: 34deg;
}

.cb-21__screw--bl {
  bottom: .5rem;
  left: .6rem;
  rotate: -22deg;
}

.cb-21__screw--br {
  bottom: .5rem;
  right: .6rem;
  rotate: 12deg;
}

.cb-21__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}

.cb-21__btn:active .cb-21__screw {
  rotate: 12deg;
}

.cb-21__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--brass-hi);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.cb-21__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  filter: grayscale(.7) brightness(.85);
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-21__btn,
    .cb-21__sheen,
    .cb-21__screw {
    transition: none;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-21__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    text-shadow: none;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-21__sheen,
    .cb-21__screw {
    display: none;
  }
}
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A machined brass nameplate: horizontal brush grain from stacked repeating gradients, four countersunk screws, engraved letterforms cut with a two-shadow bevel, and a specular band that sweeps across the metal as the pointer crosses it.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cb-21">
  <div class="cb-21__stage">
    <button class="cb-21__btn" type="button">
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--tl" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--tr" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--bl" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__screw cb-21__screw--br" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__sheen" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="cb-21__label">Reserve a table</span>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cinzel:wght@500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-21 {
  --bg: #171310;
  --brass: #b08d4f;
  --brass-hi: #e6cd94;
  --brass-lo: #7d6132;
  --engrave: #4a3717;
  --radius: .5rem;
  --serif: "Cinzel",ui-serif,Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: radial-gradient(40rem 24rem at 50% 40%, color-mix(in oklab,var(--brass) 14%,transparent), transparent 70%), var(--bg);
  font-family: var(--serif);
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-21 {
    --brass: oklch(66% .08 82);
    --brass-hi: oklch(86% .08 88);
    --brass-lo: oklch(48% .07 80);
    --engrave: oklch(33% .05 72);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
  .cb-21:not([data-theme="dark"]) {
    --bg: #2a231c;
  }
}

.cb-21[data-theme="light"] {
  --bg: #2a231c;
}

.cb-21,
.cb-21 *,
.cb-21 *::before,
.cb-21 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-21__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-21__btn {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  cursor: pointer;
  min-height: 4rem;
  padding: 0 3.1rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--brass-lo);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--engrave);
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.10) 0 1px, transparent 1px 2px, rgba(0,0,0,.07) 2px 3px, transparent 3px 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.05) 0 1px, transparent 1px 7px), linear-gradient(112deg, var(--brass-hi), var(--brass) 34%, var(--brass-lo) 62%, var(--brass) 86%);
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 55%,transparent), 0 -1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,black 42%,transparent);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 45%,transparent), inset 0 -1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,black 35%,transparent), 0 14px 26px -14px rgba(0,0,0,.75);
  transition: translate .18s ease, box-shadow .22s ease, filter .3s ease;
}

.cb-21__label {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 3;
}

.cb-21__sheen {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, transparent 38%, rgba(255,255,255,.42) 50%, transparent 62%);
  translate: -62% 0;
  transition: translate .85s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}

.cb-21__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) .cb-21__sheen {
  translate: 62% 0;
}

.cb-21__btn:hover {
  filter: brightness(1.05);
}

.cb-21__screw {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  width: .55rem;
  height: .55rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%, #f0e0b8, #8d6f38 60%, #5c4520);
  box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.5), 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.25);
  transition: rotate .3s ease;
}

.cb-21__screw::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 22% 12%;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,.55);
  clip-path: polygon(0 42%,100% 42%,100% 58%,0 58%);
}

.cb-21__screw--tl {
  top: .5rem;
  left: .6rem;
}

.cb-21__screw--tr {
  top: .5rem;
  right: .6rem;
  rotate: 34deg;
}

.cb-21__screw--bl {
  bottom: .5rem;
  left: .6rem;
  rotate: -22deg;
}

.cb-21__screw--br {
  bottom: .5rem;
  right: .6rem;
  rotate: 12deg;
}

.cb-21__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}

.cb-21__btn:active .cb-21__screw {
  rotate: 12deg;
}

.cb-21__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--brass-hi);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.cb-21__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  filter: grayscale(.7) brightness(.85);
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-21__btn,
    .cb-21__sheen,
    .cb-21__screw {
    transition: none;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-21__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    text-shadow: none;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-21__sheen,
    .cb-21__screw {
    display: none;
  }
}
```

How this works

Brushed metal is three repeating gradients at different frequencies — a coarse one for the grain, a fine one for the tooling marks, and a broad diagonal for the light:

background:
  repeating-linear-gradient(90deg,
    rgba(255,255,255,.10) 0 1px, transparent 1px 2px,
    rgba(0,0,0,.07) 2px 3px, transparent 3px 5px),
  repeating-linear-gradient(90deg,
    rgba(255,255,255,.05) 0 1px, transparent 1px 7px),
  linear-gradient(112deg,var(--brass-hi),var(--brass),var(--brass-lo) 62%,var(--brass) 88%);

Engraving is a light shadow below and a dark shadow above the glyph — the exact inverse of an embossed label, which is what makes it read as cut into the surface:

color:var(--engrave);
text-shadow:0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 55%,transparent),
            0 -1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,black 45%,transparent);

The specular band is a wide, low-opacity linear-gradient layer translated from -60% to 160% on hover, and the screws are radial gradients with a rotating slot — pressing the plate rotates them 12°, which is the small detail that makes people click twice.

Make it yours

  • Swap to steel or copper by editing the three brass tokens; the grain is colour-independent.
  • Change grain direction to vertical by switching 90deg to 0deg in both repeating gradients.
  • Remove the screws for a floating plate, or move them to two corners for a hinged look.
  • Deepen the engraving by increasing both text-shadow alphas equally — unequal values make the letters look painted.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • Engraved text is inherently low-contrast. Keep the label large and bold, and verify 4.5:1 against the mid-tone of the plate, not the highlight.
  • 1px repeating gradients shimmer on fractional-DPR screens. Keep stops on whole pixels and avoid animating the background position of the grain layers.
  • Four background layers plus a moving highlight is the practical limit before paint cost shows on scroll — never put this on a list item.
  • Metal styling implies a physical press; without a real :active travel it feels dead.
  • In forced-colors mode all texture is dropped — keep the border and the label legible so the plate still reads as a control.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.2+113+111+

Repeating gradients and layered text-shadow are universal; color-mix() (Chrome 111 / Safari 16.2 / Firefox 113) falls back to the hex tokens declared first.

Techniques used in this demo

filterMDN ↗clip-pathMDN ↗radial-gradient()MDN ↗color-mix()MDN ↗clamp()MDN ↗place-items / place-contentMDN ↗

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