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HTML

<div class="wrapper">
    <div class="control">
        <div class="highlighter"></div>
        <input type="text" />
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.wrapper {
    width: 100%;
    height:100%;
    background-color: #ccc;
    position: absolute;
}
.control {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100px;
    height: 20px;
    top: 30px;
    left: 300px;
    z-index: 1;
}
.highlighter {
    background-color: orange;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height:100%;
    left: -2px;
    top: -2px;
    padding: 5px 4px;
    z-index: -1;
    -moz-padding-end: 6px;
}
input {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}