JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="outerdiv" class="container"></div>
CSS
.container {
font: 15px 'Exo 2', sans-serif;
}
JavaScript
var div = document.getElementById('outerdiv');
if (div.classList.contains('container')) {
alert('Class exists');
} else {
alert('Class does not exist');
}