Add <a is="action-link">, a web component extension of <a> for in-page actions.

chrome/browser/resources/ntp4/new_tab_theme.css

 /* Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file. */
 
 html {
   background-attachment: fixed;
   background-color: $2;  /* COLOR_NTP_BACKGROUND */
   background-image: url(chrome://theme/IDR_THEME_NTP_BACKGROUND?$1);
   background-position: $3;
   background-repeat: $5;
 }
 
 #attribution-img {
   content: url(chrome://theme/IDR_THEME_NTP_ATTRIBUTION?$1);
 }
 
 html[bookmarkbarattached='true'] {
   background-position: $4;
 }
 
 body {
   color: $8;  /* COLOR_NTP_TEXT */
   height: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
 }
 
 #attribution,
-.link-button,
+[is='action-link'],
 .link-span {
   color: $21;  /* COLOR_NTP_TEXT_LIGHT */
 }
 
-.link-button:active {
+[is='action-link']:active {
   color: $8;  /* COLOR_NTP_TEXT */
 }
 
 .page-switcher {
   color: rgba($23, 0.5);  /* COLOR_NTP_TEXT */
 }
 
 .page-switcher:hover,
 .page-switcher:focus,
 .page-switcher.drag-target {
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 }
 
 .thumbnail-wrapper {
   /* This shows through at the (rounded) thumbnail's corners. */
   background-color: $11;  /* COLOR_NTP_SECTION_BORDER */
 }
 
 .filler .thumbnail {
   border-color: $2;  /* COLOR_NTP_BACKGROUND */
 }