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HTML

<div>Click Away</div>

CSS

div {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background: orange
}
div:active {
  color: white;
  background: rebeccapurple
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
var active;
  $("div").click(function() {
    active = $(":active");
    setTimeout(function() {
      console.log("active", active)
    }, 1000)
  })
  
})