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HTML

<a href="#" class="btn">Hello!</a>

CSS

.btn {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100px;
    height: 50px;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    background: gray;
    line-height: 50px;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.btn:before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    right: 0;
    width: 50%;
    height: 10px;
    background: linear-gradient(to right bottom, gray 50%, transparent 50%)
}

.btn:after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    left: 0;
    width: 50%;
    height: 10px;
    background: linear-gradient(to left bottom, gray 50%, transparent 50%)
}