JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<span class="randomRoll">changing text?</span> other text

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $(".randomRoll")
        .mouseover(function() {
                   var colors = ["6F216C", "F34B0D", "C50102", "5DA537", "F1D81B"];
                   var pick = Math.floor(Math.random()*5);
                   var colorN = colors[pick];
                   $(this).css('color',colorN); 
                   //alert(colorN);
                   })
        .mouseout(function() {
                  $(this).css('color','black');
        });
});