JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<a href="">asdf</a><a class="active" href="">asdf</a><a href="">asdf</a>
JavaScript
$('a[class!="active"]').css('color','green');
<a href="">asdf</a><a class="active" href="">asdf</a><a href="">asdf</a>
$('a[class!="active"]').css('color','green');