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HTML

<div>Lorem ispum</div>

CSS

div {padding:15px 30px; background-color:#FCFCD8}

JavaScript

jQuery('div').click(function() {
    jQuery(this).stop().animate({ backgroundColor: '#FCFCD8' },1)
    .delay(500)
        .stop().animate({ backgroundColor: '#333', color: '#fff' }, 1500);
});