How do I change button color in Ionic Framework

Question

How can I change button color when it is clicked? I tried the :active style but it don't work on the android device (however it does work in the browser).

For example I have a button like this

<button class="button button-full button-calm button-login" type="submit">Sign In</button>

and styles like this

.login .button-login {
  width:96%;
  background: red;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 4px;
  moz-border-radius: 4px;
  webkit-border-radius: 4px;    
  transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;
}

.login .button-login:active {
  background: yellow;
}

I expect the button to become yellow when I touch it and become red back when the user lift the finger.

Solution

I think, nice idea will be to replace <button> with a carefully styled <a>.

For example like this.

#button {
    background-color: #E3E1B8; 
    padding: 2px 4px;
    font: 13px sans-serif;
    text-decoration: none;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    border-color: #aaa #444 #444 #aaa;
    color: #000
}

#button:hover { background-color: #46000D; }

<a href="#" id="button">New Element</a>