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HTML

<a href="#section1">go to section 1</a>

<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>

<a name="section1"><a><h3 id="section1">Section 1</h3>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $("a[href^='#']").click(
    function () {
        var $id = $(this).attr("href");
        $($id).css({"background-color":"#cc7733", "transition":"background-color 0.5s ease"});

        setTimeout(function () {
            $($id).css("background-color", "#ffffff");
        }, 2500);

    });

});