JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="myElement">test</div>
CSS
#myElement{
height: 200px;
}
JavaScript
$(function(){
$("#myElement").css("background-image", "-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #000000, #ffffff)");
$("#myElement").css("background-image", "-moz-linear-gradient(top, black, white)");
});