JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="one"></div>
<div id="two"></div>
CSS
.red
{
color: #f00;
}
JavaScript
$("#one").html("<span class='red'>Red</span>");
$("#two").text("<span class='red'>Red</span>");
alert("One as HTML: " + $("#one").html());
alert("One as TEXT: " + $("#one").text());