Checkbox with CSS

Checkbox with CSS

🖥️Example

• Support for older browsers not guaranteed. For wider support use SVG version

<label class="checkbox">
  <input type="checkbox" />
  Checkbox
</label>

<label class="checkbox">
    <input type="checkbox" checked/>
    Checked
  </label>

<label class="checkbox">
  <input type="checkbox" disabled />
  Disabled
</label>

.checkbox {
  display: block;
  /* Wrapper label styles */
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 0 0 .5em 0;
  padding: 0;
}
.checkbox [type='checkbox'] {
  position: relative;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  vertical-align: middle;
  box-sizing: inherit;
  /* Checkbox box styles */
  width: 1.25em;
  height: 1.25em;
  margin: 0 0.5em 0 0;
  color: orange;
  background-color: lightgoldenrodyellow;
  border-radius: 4px;
  border: 2px solid orange;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.checkbox [type='checkbox']:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  box-sizing: inherit;
  /* Checkbox selection styles */
  height: 25%;
  width: 50%;
  border-radius: 2px 0 2px 2px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid;
  border-left: 2px solid;
  transform: translate(-50%, calc(-50% - 1px)) rotate(-45deg);
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.checkbox [type='checkbox']:checked {
  /* Checkbox checked box styles */
  background-color: orange;
  color: lightgoldenrodyellow;
  border-color: orange;
}
.checkbox [type='checkbox']:checked:before {
  opacity: 1;
}
.checkbox [type="checkbox"]:disabled {
  opacity: .25;
  border-color: darkgoldenrod;
  cursor: not-allowed;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.checkbox [type='checkbox']:focus {
  /* Focus styles */
  outline: orangered auto 2px;
}