How to make Animated Lighting Candle in HTML & CSS

In this tutorial, we will cover how to make an animated lighting candle with the help of HTML and CSS. So read the article until the end.

How to Make Animated Lighting Candle in HTML And CSS

Animated Candle in HTML And CSS

If you want to make an animated lighting candle then follow these few steps -

Step 1: First, create a candle.html file in your root folder.

Step 2: Copy the code given below and paste it inside candle.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
	<title>Animated Lighting Candle</title>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/animation-candle.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="candle">
  <div class="flame">
    <div class="shadows"></div>
    <div class="top"></div>
    <div class="middle"></div>
    <div class="bottom"></div>
  </div>
  <div class="wick"></div>
  <div class="wax"></div>
</div>	
	
</body>
</html>

Step 3: Create an animation-candle.css file in your root folder.

Step 4: Copy the code given below and paste it inside the animation-candle.css

body {
  background: #111;
  display: flex;
  margin: 0;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.candle {
  width: 34px;
  margin: 30px auto 0 auto;
  position: relative;
  height: 80%;
  align-self: flex-end;
  -webkit-animation: blink 0.1s infinite;
          animation: blink 0.1s infinite;
}

.wick {
  position: absolute;
  width: 6px;
  height: 50px;
  background: #23161a;
  top: 110px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%) skewX(2deg);
  border-radius: 10%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 2px 0px black;
}
.wick:before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 0;
  left: 50%;
  height: 10px;
  box-shadow: 0 -14px 10px 8px white, 0 -10px 10px 8px rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.7), 0 -3px 10px 8px rgba(255, 106, 0, 0.7), 0 6px 3px 4px black;
}
.wick:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 0px;
  height: 0px;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 2px 3px gold, 0 20px 2px 14px gold, 0 -6px 4px 5px rgba(98, 33, 27, 0.8), 0 0px 1px 4px rgba(255, 106, 0, 0.7), 0 0px 3px 4px #ff6a00, 0 5px 3px 4px gold;
}

.flame {
  width: 20px;
  height: 150px;
  margin: 0px auto;
  position: relative;
  -webkit-animation: move 3s infinite, move-left 3s infinite;
          animation: move 3s infinite, move-left 3s infinite;
  transform-origin: 50% 90%;
}
.flame .top {
  width: 20px;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: white;
  border-top-left-radius: 500%;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 50px;
  border-top-right-radius: 500%;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 50px;
  transform: skewY(-10deg);
  box-shadow: 0 0px 0px 3px white, 0 -20px 1px 4px white, 0 -25px 2px 3px gold, 0 -30px 5px 4px #ff6a00, 0 0px 150px 10px #ff6a00, 0 -10px 2px 4px white, 0 -5px 3px 3px white;
  -webkit-animation: flame-up 4s infinite;
          animation: flame-up 4s infinite;
}
.flame .shadows {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 0;
  width: 1px;
  height: 60px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 20px 15px gold, 0 0px 100px 20px #ff6a00, 0 15px 50px 15px #ff6a00, 5px 30px 5px 13px #ff6a00, 5px 50px 5px 13px #ff6a00, 0 75px 50px 30px black;
}
.flame .bottom {
  transform: scale(0.9);
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 6px;
  left: 9px;
  width: 1px;
  height: 8px;
  border-radius: 1%;
  background: #2c2b39;
  box-shadow: 0 6px 10px 12px rgba(60, 76, 125, 0.3), 0 0px 4px 8px #2c2b39, 0 -12px 10px 8px rgba(255, 106, 0, 0.5), 0 5px 7px 12px #2c2b39, 0 -3px 10px 12px #2c2b39, 5px -10px 10px 5px red, 0 -15px 10px 10px gold, 5px -25px 10px 5px gold, 0 2px 5px 10px #30537d, 0 -2px 2px 14px #76daff, 0 2px 10px 12px #76daff;
}

.wax {
  position: relative;
  top: 15px;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #ff9224;
  /* FF3.6-15 */
  /* Chrome10-25,Safari5.1-6 */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #ff9224 0px, #ff9224 20px, #58523a 50px);
  /* W3C, IE10+, FF16+, Chrome26+, Opera12+, Safari7+ */
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr="#ff9224", endColorstr="#58523a",GradientType=0 );
  /* IE6-9 */
  border-top-left-radius: 10px;
  border-top-right-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 7px 12px -2px #fbf348, inset 0 9px 57px -3px rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.4), inset 0 -5px 8px 2px black, 0 0 3px 0px #ff6a00;
}

@-webkit-keyframes move {
  0% {
    transform: skewX(2deg) skewY(5deg);
  }
  50% {
    transform: skewX(-2deg) skewY(0deg);
  }
  100% {
    transform: skewX(2deg) skewY(5deg);
  }
}

@keyframes move {
  0% {
    transform: skewX(2deg) skewY(5deg);
  }
  50% {
    transform: skewX(-2deg) skewY(0deg);
  }
  100% {
    transform: skewX(2deg) skewY(5deg);
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes move-left {
  50% {
    transform: skewX(3deg);
  }
}
@keyframes move-left {
  50% {
    transform: skewX(3deg);
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes flame-up {
  50% {
    box-shadow: 0 0px 0px 3px white, 0 -38px 1px 2px white, 0 -41px 2px 3px gold, 0 -50px 5px 4px #ff6a00, 0 0px 150px 10px #ff6a00, 0 -10px 2px 4px white, 0 -5px 3px 3px white;
  }
}
@keyframes flame-up {
  50% {
    box-shadow: 0 0px 0px 3px white, 0 -38px 1px 2px white, 0 -41px 2px 3px gold, 0 -50px 5px 4px #ff6a00, 0 0px 150px 10px #ff6a00, 0 -10px 2px 4px white, 0 -5px 3px 3px white;
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes blink {
  50% {
    opacity: 0.95;
  }
}
@keyframes blink {
  50% {
    opacity: 0.95;
  }
}

Step 5: After Pasting all code then save all files and copy file paths. let's show the output -

Step 6: Now go to any browser and paste inside the URL bar.