JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-beta.1/dist/css/select2.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-beta.1/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table>
<tr>
  <td>
    <select class="form-control" multiple="multiple">
      <option selected="selected">orange</option>
      <option>white</option>
      <option selected="selected">purple</option>
    </select>
  </td>
</tr>
</table>

JavaScript

$(".js-example-basic-multiple-limit").select2({
  maximumSelectionLength: 2
});