CODE EXAMPLE FOR HTML

create a close x button in html

button {
  width: 2rem;
  height: 2rem;
  padding: 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 1rem;
  right: 1rem;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.sr-only {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0,0,0,0);
  border: 0;
}

button::before,
button::after {
    content: '';
    width: 1px;
    height: 100%;
    background: #333;
    display: block;
    transform: rotate(45deg) translateX(0px);
    position: absolute;
    left: 50%;
    top: 0;
}

button::after {
    transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(0px);
}


/* demo */
body {
  background: black;
}
.pane {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 50vw;
  min-height: 50vh;
  background: #FFF;
  position: relative;
  border-radius: 5px;
}