JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque scelerisque vestibulum porttitor. Pellentesque magna magna, interdum at rutrum ut, semper vitae orci.</p>

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<p>Nam semper, neque eu tristique euismod, neque nulla sodales ante, a sollicitudin eros enim vitae elit. Sed sagittis felis magna, at venenatis ligula lobortis id.</p>

CSS

body {
    max-width: 20em;
    font: normal 1em/1.6 sans-serif;
}

p {
	display: inline;
	background-color: #FFAA3B;
	padding: 0.4em 0;
	/* what makes it work below */
	position: relative;
    left: 1em;
    box-shadow: 1em 0 0 0 #FFAA3B, -1em 0 0 0 #FFAA3B;
}