JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/themes/ui-darkness/jquery-ui.css" />
    </head>
    <body>
<p id="myp" class='ui-state-highlight'>This is some text.</p>
    </body>
</html>

JavaScript

setTimeout(function(){$('#myp').removeClass('ui-state-highlight', 1500); }, 500);