Beautify the style of categories button

_sass/colors/dark-typography.scss

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
   /* categories */
   --categories-border: rgb(64, 66, 69);
   --categories-hover-bg: rgb(73, 75, 76);
+  --categories-icon-hover-color: white;
 
   /* archives */
   --timeline-node-bg: rgb(150, 152, 156);

_sass/colors/light-typography.scss

@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@
   --tag-hover: rgb(222, 226, 230);
   --tb-odd-bg: #fbfcfd;
   --tb-border-color: #eaeaea;
-  --categories-hover-bg: var(--btn-border-color);
   --dash-color: silver;
 
+  /* Categories */
+  --categories-hover-bg: var(--btn-border-color);
+  --categories-icon-hover-color: darkslategray;
+
   /* Archive */
   --timeline-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075);
   --timeline-node-bg: #c2c6cc;

_sass/layout/categories.scss

@@ -8,24 +8,22 @@
 
 .categories {
   margin-bottom: 2rem;
+
   .card-header {
     padding-right: 12px;
   }
 
   i {
-    &.far,
+    @extend %category-icon-color;
-    &.fas {
+
     font-size: 86%; // fontawesome icons
   }
-  }
 
   .list-group-item {
     border-left: none;
     border-right: none;
     padding-left: 2rem;
-    > i {
+
-      @extend %category-icon-color;
-    }
     &:first-child {
       border-top-left-radius: 0;
       border-top-right-radius: 0;
@@ -33,10 +31,6 @@
 
   }
 
-  .card-header > span > i:first-child {
-    @extend %category-icon-color;
-  }
-
 } // .categories
 
 .category-trigger {
@@ -45,11 +39,18 @@
   border-radius: 50%;
   text-align: center;
   color: #6c757d !important;
-  > i.fas {
+
+  &:hover {
+    i {
+      color: var(--categories-icon-hover-color);
+    }
+  }
+
+  i {
     position: relative;
     height: 0.7rem;
     width: 1rem;
-    transition: 300ms ease all;
+    transition: transform 300ms ease;
   }
 }