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HTML

<label class="coolbox">
    <input type="checkbox"/>
    <span>I want to eat some caek.</span>
</label>

CSS

.coolbox input {display:none;}
.coolbox span::before {
    content: "";
    display:inline-block;
    width:10px;
    height:10px;
    margin-right:5px;
    border:1px solid black;
}
.coolbox:hover span::before {border:1px solid #555;}
.coolbox:active span::before {border:1px solid #999;}

.coolbox span::before {background-color:#F77;}
.coolbox input:checked + span::before {background-color:#4A4;}