JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input type="color" id="myelement" />
JavaScript
$('#myelement').bind('initCheckboxes change', function() {
var a = $('#myelement').val();
alert(a);
}).trigger('initCheckboxes');
/*
* Try clicking the checkbox, it fires 1x
* Try hitting space after the click (so the box is selected),
* again, it fires once.
*/