How to make 3-corner-rounded triangle in CSS

I'd like to achieve a custom-colored shape like this using no Javascript: 3 corner rounded triangle

Currently I'm overlaying an image of the 'frame' over an orange rectangular div, but this is pretty hacky. I suppose I could use a dynamically generated canvas element, but that not only requires JS, but HTML5 canvas support. Any ideas?


My best attempt: http://dabblet.com/gist/4592062 final

Pixel perfection at any size, uses simpler math than Ana's original solution, and is more intuitive in my opinion :)

.triangle {
	position: relative;
	background-color: orange;
	text-align: left;
}
.triangle:before,
.triangle:after {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	background-color: inherit;
}
.triangle,
.triangle:before,
.triangle:after {
	width:  10em;
	height: 10em;
	border-top-right-radius: 30%;
}

.triangle {
	transform: rotate(-60deg) skewX(-30deg) scale(1,.866);
}
.triangle:before {
	transform: rotate(-135deg) skewX(-45deg) scale(1.414,.707) translate(0,-50%);
}
.triangle:after {
	transform: rotate(135deg) skewY(-45deg) scale(.707,1.414) translate(50%);
}
<div class="triangle"></div>

dabblet demo

.triangle, .triangle:before, .triangle:after { width: 4em; height: 4em; }
.triangle {
	overflow: hidden;
	position: relative;
	margin: 7em auto 0;
	border-radius: 20%;
	transform: translateY(50%) rotate(30deg) skewY(30deg) scaleX(.866);
	cursor: pointer;
	pointer-events: none;
} 
.triangle:before, .triangle:after {
	position: absolute;
	background: orange;
	pointer-events: auto;
	content: '';
}
.triangle:before {
	border-radius: 20% 20% 20% 53%;
	transform: scaleX(1.155) skewY(-30deg) rotate(-30deg) translateY(-42.3%) 
			skewX(30deg) scaleY(.866) translateX(-24%);
}
.triangle:after {
	border-radius: 20% 20% 53% 20%;
	transform: scaleX(1.155) skewY(-30deg) rotate(-30deg) translateY(-42.3%) 
			skewX(-30deg) scaleY(.866) translateX(24%);
}

/** extra styles to show how it works **/

.triangle:hover { overflow: visible; }
.triangle:hover:before, .triangle:hover:after { background: none; }
.triangle:hover, .triangle:hover:before, .triangle:hover:after {
	border: dashed 1px;
}
<div class='triangle'></div>

The idea is really simple: you first apply a series of transforms to your .triangle element (which has overflow: hidden; - you can remove that to see what happens ;) ) in order to get a rhombus.

Then you apply the same transforms to the :before and :after pseudo-elements, plus a few more to make them rhomboidal as well.

And in the end, you have three rhombuses which intersect, the orange shape being their intersection. Hover the triangle to see the intersecting shapes ;)

It scales nicely, you just have to change the width and the height of the .triangle element.

For Firefox, Chrome and Safari, only the orange triangle with rounded corners is sensitive to hover (thanks to pointer-events: none; on the .triangle element and pointer-events: auto; on the pseudo-elements). Otherwise, this could be achieved by wrapping .triangle in an element having the same width and height (and the same border-radius) and overflow: hidden;.


Notes

  • You could also do it with CSS gradients. However, unlike 2D transforms, CSS gradients won't work in IE9.
  • I'd wish I didn't have to unskew the pseudo-elemets which inherit the skew from their parent only to skew them again after a rotation, but it doesn't seem to work otherwise.

Use an image of some sort. That's what images are for. If you need it to scale, SVG is a good choice, otherwise, just use a png as a background, or an <img> element if it's part of content.

If you absolutely must have it in a CSS file, you could try data: urls (not supported in IE7 and below).