JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.4.4.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.6/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css">
<script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
    <script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
    <script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.button.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/demos.css">
<select class="ui-widget-content ui-corner-all"><option class="pendingOption">PENDING</option><option class="approvedOption">APPROVED</option><option class="failedOption">FAILED</option><option class="partialOption">PARTIAL</option></select>

CSS

.approvedOption
    {color:green !important;
    }
    .pendingOption
    {color:black;
    }
    .partialOption
    {color:blue;
    }
    .failedOption
    {color:red;
    }

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {  
  $("select").val("PENDING");
  
    $("select").change(function () {
                    $("select").removeClass("approvedOption")
                                .removeClass("failedOption")
                        .removeClass("partialOption")
                        .removeClass("pendingOption")
                        .addClass($("select")
                                  .find(":selected")
                                  .attr("class"));
                }).each(function () {
                    $("select").removeClass("approvedOption")
                        .removeClass("failedOption")
                        .removeClass("partialOption")
                        .removeClass("pendingOption")
                        .addClass($("select")
                                  .find(":selected").attr("class"));
                });
});