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HTML

<ol id="selectable">
    <li class="ui-state-default">Option 1</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Option 1</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Option 3</li>
</ol>

CSS

#selectable .ui-selecting { background: #FECA40; }
    #selectable .ui-selected { background: #F39814; color: white; }
    #selectable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
    #selectable li { margin: 3px; padding: 0.4em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $( "#selectable" ).selectable().children().first().addClass('ui-selected');
});