7.1 #permalink .button
Allows to style <a> tags, <button> elements. Please note that since HTML5 you should use only <button> elements with a appropriate type="button", type="submit" or type="reset" attribute instead of the older <input type="button" ... > element. If you use the button class to style a <a> tag like a button, do not forget to add a role="button" attribute for screenreaders. To indicate the button is disabled, you should add the disabled attribute to the element you want to disable
Examples
Default styling
:hover
The element's hover state
:disabled
Indicates the element is disabled
Markup
<button type="button" class="button {modifiers}">A button</button>
<a href="#" role="button" class="button {modifiers}">A button</a>
Source:
buttons/css/button.css, line 11