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  1. 01Tailwind Submit Button (Form Primary)
  2. 02Tailwind Primary and Secondary Button Pair
  3. 03Tailwind Ghost / Outline Button
  4. 04Tailwind Icon-Only Button with Accessible Tooltip
  5. 05Tailwind Gradient CTA Button
  6. 06Tailwind Loading Spinner Button (State Transition)
  7. 07Tailwind Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)
  8. 08Tailwind Button Group Component (Segmented Radio-Like)
  9. 09Tailwind Add to Cart Button
  10. 10Tailwind Download Progress Button
  11. 11Tailwind Like Heart Button
  12. 12Tailwind Confirm Delete Button
  13. 13Tailwind Play Pause Button
  14. 14Tailwind Subscribe Confetti Button
  15. 15Tailwind Magnetic Mercury Ripple Button
  16. 16Tailwind Brutalist Glitch Button
  17. 17Tailwind Neon Plasma Burst Button
  18. 18Tailwind Clay Press Button
  19. 19Tailwind Editorial Ink Spread Button
  20. 20Tailwind Particle Shard Burst Button
  21. 21Tailwind Brushed Brass Plate Button
  22. 22Tailwind Washi Paper Crane Button
  23. 23Tailwind Frosted Ice Cube Button
  24. 24Tailwind Vintage Typewriter Key Button
  25. 25Tailwind Lacquered Walnut Wood Button
  26. 26Tailwind Pharma Gel Capsule Button
  27. 27Tailwind Aged Copper Coin Button
  28. 28Tailwind Origami Fortune Cookie Button
  29. 29Tailwind Holographic Foil Sticker Button
  30. 30Tailwind Brutalist Concrete Slab Button
  31. 31Tailwind Mercury Bead Morph Button
  32. 32Tailwind Soft Pill Modern SaaS Button
  33. 33Tailwind Masking Tape Label Button
  34. 34Tailwind Obsidian Glass Shard Button
  35. 35Tailwind Wine Velvet Ribbon Button
  36. 36Tailwind LED Segment Display Button
  37. 37Tailwind Cassette Mixtape Label Button
  38. 38Tailwind Chalkboard Menu Button
  39. 39Tailwind Vinyl Record Sleeve Ripple Button
  40. 40Tailwind Polaroid Snapshot Button
  41. 41Tailwind Airline Boarding Pass Button
  42. 42Tailwind Aged Brass Subway Token Button
  43. 43Tailwind Vintage Rx Pharmacy Label Button
  44. 44Tailwind Bakelite Radio Dial Toggle Button
  45. 45Tailwind Regal Postage Stamp Button
  46. 46Tailwind Victorian Cigar Band Foil Button
  47. 47Tailwind Vintage Calculator Key Button
  48. 48Tailwind Toolbox Latch Spotlight Button
  49. 49Tailwind Receipt Paper Total Count-Up Button
  50. 50Tailwind IBM Punch Card Magnetic Follow Button
  51. 51Tailwind Brass Periscope Lens Button
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Clay Press Button

Fat, matte, extruded clay: two inner shadows carve the highlight and the shade, an outer shadow grounds it, and pressing squashes the shape on both axes so it deforms like real material. The shadows swap direction on press — the whole demo is one shadow-[…] and its active: twin.

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The code

<div class="tb-18 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center font-tb18-sans p-[clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem)]">
  <button type="button" class="group cursor-pointer inline-grid grid-flow-col items-center gap-3 min-h-16 pl-5.5 pr-8 border-0 rounded-3xl text-[1.0625rem] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.01em] text-white bg-tb18-clay shadow-[inset_8px_8px_16px_var(--color-tb18-light),inset_-10px_-10px_20px_var(--color-tb18-shade),0_18px_32px_-16px_var(--color-tb18-ground)] transition-[translate,scale,box-shadow] duration-500 ease-tb18-spring [-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent] hover:-translate-y-[3px] active:translate-y-0.5 active:scale-x-[0.96] active:scale-y-[0.9] active:shadow-[inset_7px_7px_15px_var(--color-tb18-shade-press),inset_-7px_-7px_14px_var(--color-tb18-light-press),0_6px_12px_-10px_var(--color-tb18-ground)] focus-visible:outline-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb18-ring focus-visible:outline-offset-[5px] disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:grayscale-[0.6] disabled:opacity-60 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:hover:translate-y-0">
    <span aria-hidden="true" class="grid place-items-center size-8.5 rounded-full text-tb18-deep bg-tb18-chip shadow-[inset_3px_3px_6px_var(--color-tb18-light),inset_-3px_-3px_6px_var(--color-tb18-shade-chip)] transition-transform duration-500 ease-tb18-spring group-hover:rotate-90 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-0">
      <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="size-[1.05rem]"><path d="M12 5v14M5 12h14"/></svg>
    </span>
    <span>Make something</span>
  </button>
</div>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb18-bg: #e8ecf7;
  --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.935 0.02 265);
  --color-tb18-clay: #7c8cf8;
  --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.68 0.16 275);
  --color-tb18-deep: #2a3480;
  --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.35 0.14 275);
  --color-tb18-chip: #fbbf24;
  --color-tb18-chip: oklch(0.84 0.16 82);
  --color-tb18-ring: #3d4aa8;
  --color-tb18-ring: oklch(0.45 0.15 275);
  --color-tb18-light: #ffffff73;
  --color-tb18-light-press: #ffffff52;
  --color-tb18-shade: #2a34806b;
  --color-tb18-shade: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.42);
  --color-tb18-shade-press: #2a348061;
  --color-tb18-shade-press: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.38);
  --color-tb18-shade-chip: #2a34804d;
  --color-tb18-shade-chip: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.3);
  --color-tb18-ground: #2a3480a6;
  --color-tb18-ground: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.65);
  --font-tb18-sans: "Nunito", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb18-spring: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

@supports (transition-timing-function: linear(0, 1)) {
  @theme {
    --ease-tb18-spring: linear(0, 0.38 7%, 0.82 15%, 1.08 23%, 1.12 28%, 1.05 37%, 1 52%, 1);
  }
}

.tb-18 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  background: radial-gradient(30rem 20rem at 50% 40%, #ffffff, transparent 70%), var(--color-tb18-bg);
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-18:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.22 0.03 275);
    --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.58 0.17 275);
    --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.15 0.06 275);
    --color-tb18-light: #ffffff40;
    --color-tb18-light-press: #ffffff2e;
  }
}

.tb-18[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.22 0.03 275);
  --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.58 0.17 275);
  --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.15 0.06 275);
  --color-tb18-light: #ffffff40;
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .tb-18 button {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .tb-18 button span {
    box-shadow: none;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
  }
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb18-bg: #e8ecf7;
  --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.935 0.02 265);
  --color-tb18-clay: #7c8cf8;
  --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.68 0.16 275);
  --color-tb18-deep: #2a3480;
  --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.35 0.14 275);
  --color-tb18-chip: #fbbf24;
  --color-tb18-chip: oklch(0.84 0.16 82);
  --color-tb18-ring: #3d4aa8;
  --color-tb18-ring: oklch(0.45 0.15 275);
  --color-tb18-light: #ffffff73;
  --color-tb18-light-press: #ffffff52;
  --color-tb18-shade: #2a34806b;
  --color-tb18-shade: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.42);
  --color-tb18-shade-press: #2a348061;
  --color-tb18-shade-press: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.38);
  --color-tb18-shade-chip: #2a34804d;
  --color-tb18-shade-chip: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.3);
  --color-tb18-ground: #2a3480a6;
  --color-tb18-ground: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.65);
  --font-tb18-sans: "Nunito", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb18-spring: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

@supports (transition-timing-function: linear(0, 1)) {
  @theme {
    --ease-tb18-spring: linear(0, 0.38 7%, 0.82 15%, 1.08 23%, 1.12 28%, 1.05 37%, 1 52%, 1);
  }
}

.tb-18 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  background: radial-gradient(30rem 20rem at 50% 40%, #ffffff, transparent 70%), var(--color-tb18-bg);
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-18:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.22 0.03 275);
    --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.58 0.17 275);
    --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.15 0.06 275);
    --color-tb18-light: #ffffff40;
    --color-tb18-light-press: #ffffff2e;
  }
}

.tb-18[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.22 0.03 275);
  --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.58 0.17 275);
  --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.15 0.06 275);
  --color-tb18-light: #ffffff40;
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .tb-18 button {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .tb-18 button span {
    box-shadow: none;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
  }
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito:wght@600;700;800&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • Utilities: all of it — both shadow stacks, the squash, the lift, the chip, the spin. CSS: tokens, the linear() spring behind @supports, the stage backdrop and forced-colors. Zero component CSS.
  • The color-mix() shadow colours became six named alpha tokens — light, light-press, shade, shade-press, shade-chip, ground. Naming them turned an opaque recipe into a readable one: you can now see that the press state uses a weaker shade and a weaker light, which is why the dent looks softer than the rest state.
  • active:scale-x-[0.96] active:scale-y-[0.9] is the one place where v4's separate scale utilities are strictly better than the CSS shorthand: scale:.96 .9 is easy to misread as a single value with a typo.
  • A11y fix from the CSS original: the focus ring was color-mix(in oklab, var(--deep) 60%, var(--clay)) — a computed mid-tone that landed around 2.6:1 against the clay fill. The port uses an explicit --color-tb18-ring at ≈3.6:1 against both the clay and the page, which is the non-text minimum.
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Here's a working CSS demo from CodeFronts. Use it as-is or adapt to your framework. All classes are scoped under a unique prefix so the code won't collide with your existing styles. MIT licensed.
Demo: Tailwind Clay Press Button
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/tailwind-css-buttons/tailwind-clay-press-button/

Fat, matte, extruded clay: two inner shadows carve the highlight and the shade, an outer shadow grounds it, and pressing squashes the shape on both axes so it deforms like real material. The shadows swap direction on press — the whole demo is one shadow-[…] and its active: twin.
## HTML
```html
<div class="tb-18 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center font-tb18-sans p-[clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem)]">
  <button type="button" class="group cursor-pointer inline-grid grid-flow-col items-center gap-3 min-h-16 pl-5.5 pr-8 border-0 rounded-3xl text-[1.0625rem] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.01em] text-white bg-tb18-clay shadow-[inset_8px_8px_16px_var(--color-tb18-light),inset_-10px_-10px_20px_var(--color-tb18-shade),0_18px_32px_-16px_var(--color-tb18-ground)] transition-[translate,scale,box-shadow] duration-500 ease-tb18-spring [-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent] hover:-translate-y-[3px] active:translate-y-0.5 active:scale-x-[0.96] active:scale-y-[0.9] active:shadow-[inset_7px_7px_15px_var(--color-tb18-shade-press),inset_-7px_-7px_14px_var(--color-tb18-light-press),0_6px_12px_-10px_var(--color-tb18-ground)] focus-visible:outline-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb18-ring focus-visible:outline-offset-[5px] disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:grayscale-[0.6] disabled:opacity-60 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:hover:translate-y-0">
    <span aria-hidden="true" class="grid place-items-center size-8.5 rounded-full text-tb18-deep bg-tb18-chip shadow-[inset_3px_3px_6px_var(--color-tb18-light),inset_-3px_-3px_6px_var(--color-tb18-shade-chip)] transition-transform duration-500 ease-tb18-spring group-hover:rotate-90 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-0">
      <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="size-[1.05rem]"><path d="M12 5v14M5 12h14"/></svg>
    </span>
    <span>Make something</span>
  </button>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb18-bg: #e8ecf7;
  --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.935 0.02 265);
  --color-tb18-clay: #7c8cf8;
  --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.68 0.16 275);
  --color-tb18-deep: #2a3480;
  --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.35 0.14 275);
  --color-tb18-chip: #fbbf24;
  --color-tb18-chip: oklch(0.84 0.16 82);
  --color-tb18-ring: #3d4aa8;
  --color-tb18-ring: oklch(0.45 0.15 275);
  --color-tb18-light: #ffffff73;
  --color-tb18-light-press: #ffffff52;
  --color-tb18-shade: #2a34806b;
  --color-tb18-shade: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.42);
  --color-tb18-shade-press: #2a348061;
  --color-tb18-shade-press: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.38);
  --color-tb18-shade-chip: #2a34804d;
  --color-tb18-shade-chip: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.3);
  --color-tb18-ground: #2a3480a6;
  --color-tb18-ground: oklch(0.35 0.14 275 / 0.65);
  --font-tb18-sans: "Nunito", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb18-spring: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

@supports (transition-timing-function: linear(0, 1)) {
  @theme {
    --ease-tb18-spring: linear(0, 0.38 7%, 0.82 15%, 1.08 23%, 1.12 28%, 1.05 37%, 1 52%, 1);
  }
}

.tb-18 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  background: radial-gradient(30rem 20rem at 50% 40%, #ffffff, transparent 70%), var(--color-tb18-bg);
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-18:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.22 0.03 275);
    --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.58 0.17 275);
    --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.15 0.06 275);
    --color-tb18-light: #ffffff40;
    --color-tb18-light-press: #ffffff2e;
  }
}

.tb-18[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb18-bg: oklch(0.22 0.03 275);
  --color-tb18-clay: oklch(0.58 0.17 275);
  --color-tb18-deep: oklch(0.15 0.06 275);
  --color-tb18-light: #ffffff40;
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .tb-18 button {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .tb-18 button span {
    box-shadow: none;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
  }
}
```

How this works

Two opposing inset shadows are the minimum. One light from the top-left, one dark from the bottom-right, both large and soft. A single inset shadow never reads as volume — that is the classic claymorphism failure, and Tailwind makes the pair visible on one line.

The squash composes because scale is its own property. active:scale-x-[0.96] active:scale-y-[0.9] sits alongside hover:-translate-y-[3px] without either overwriting the other — in a single transform string they would fight.

The icon chip is the same recipe at 2rem: two small inset shadows on a circle, rotating 90° on hover. Clay scales down cleanly as long as the blur radii scale with it.

Make it yours

  • --color-tb18-clay is the only colour to change; highlight and shade are derived tokens beside it.
  • Radius is the personality: rounded-[2rem] is bubblegum, rounded-2xl app-like, rounded-full a clay ball.
  • Inflate by raising both inset blurs together — unequal values look wet rather than matte.
  • Dark clay: keep the highlight token at 25–30% white or it turns plastic.
  • The chip recipe scales to any 1–2rem element; reuse it for badges.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • Clay is inherently low-contrast. The label must be real ink, not a tint of the clay.
  • Large inset blurs are expensive — don't put forty of these in a scrolling list with shadow transitions.
  • Don't animate rounded-* to fake the squash; scale is compositor-friendly and radius is not.
  • One inset shadow is not clay. Two, opposing, is the minimum.
  • Forced-colors drops all of it by design — keep the border, or the button vanishes.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
113+17.2+128+113+

linear() spring easing needs Chrome 113 / Safari 17.2 / Firefox 112, with the cubic-bezier fallback declared first in the token. Individual scale/translate utilities are well below Tailwind v4's floor.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

box-shadowtw ↗:focus-visibletw ↗transitionstw ↗

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