JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul>
 <li>zero</li>
 <li class="previous">one</li>
 <li>two</li>
 <li>three</li>
 <li>more elements</li>
</ul>

CSS

.previous{
   color: green;
}
.previous + li{
   color: red;
}
.previous + li + li{
    color:yellow;
}