CSS Tip

A Sparkle shape with one gradient

How much code is needed to create a Sparkle shape? ✨

Only one gradient and you can easily get the border-only variation.

CSS-only sparkle shape

.sparkle {
  background: 
    radial-gradient(#0000 71%,#F8CA00 72% var(--_b,)) 
    10000% 10000%/99.5% 99.5%;
}
.border {
  --b: 10px; /* control the thickness */
  --_b: calc(71% + var(--b)),#0000 calc(72% + var(--b));
}

See the Pen Sparkle shape with one gradient by Temani Afif (@t_afif) on CodePen.

And if you consider mask you can have a gradient coloration

.sparkle {
  background: linear-gradient(45deg,#F8CA00,#fe7496);
  mask: 
    radial-gradient(#0000 71%,#F8CA00 72% var(--_b,)) 
    10000% 10000%/99.5% 99.5%;
}
.border {
  --b: 10px; /* control the thickness */
  --_b: calc(71% + var(--b)),#0000 calc(72% + var(--b));
}

See the Pen Sparkle shape with gradient coloration by Temani Afif (@t_afif) on CodePen.

More CSS Shapes: css-shape.com