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HTML

<div id="scrollable">
    <div id="centered">
    </div>
</div>
<div>
    <button id="scale3" type="button">
        Scale 3
    </button>
    <button id="scale05" type="button">
        Scale 0.5
    </button>
</div>

CSS

#centered {
    background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,yellow,red);
    height: 200px;
    transform: scale(1);
    transition: transform 1s ease-out;
    width: 200px;
}

#scrollable {
    align-items: center;
    border: 1px solid red;
    display: flex;
    height: 300px;
    justify-content: center;
    overflow: auto;
    width: 300px;
}

JavaScript

$('#scale3').on('click', function () {
    $('#centered').css({transform: 'scale(3)'});
});
$('#scale05').on('click', function () {
    $('#centered').css({transform: 'scale(0.5)'});
});