JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://raw.github.com/jquery/jquery-color/master/jquery.color.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="userInput"></input>
JavaScript
$('#userInput').keydown(function(){
$(this).css("backgroundColor",'#4E1402');
$(this).delay(2000).queue(function(){
$(this).css("backgroundColor",'#555');});
});