<div class="close-container">
  <div class="leftright"></div>
  <div class="rightleft"></div>
  <label class="close">close</label>
</div>

// COLORS
$softorange: #F4A259;
$tomatored: #F25C66;
$mediumblu: #1E272D;


body{
  background-color: $mediumblu;
}

.close-container{
  position: relative;
  margin: auto;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  margin-top: 100px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.leftright{
  height: 4px;
  width: 50px;
  position: absolute;
  margin-top: 24px;
  background-color: $softorange;
  border-radius: 2px;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  transition: all .3s ease-in;
}

.rightleft{
  height: 4px;
  width: 50px;
  position: absolute;
  margin-top: 24px;
  background-color: $softorange;
  border-radius: 2px;
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
  transition: all .3s ease-in;
}

label{
  color: white;
  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 
  font-size: .6em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  transition: all .3s ease-in;
  opacity: 0;
}
.close{
  margin: 60px 0 0 5px;
  position: absolute;
}

.close-container:hover .leftright{
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
  background-color: $tomatored;
}
.close-container:hover .rightleft{
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  background-color: $tomatored;
}
.close-container:hover label{
  opacity: 1;
}