JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Untitled-1.css">
        <script defer src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.8/js/all.js"></script>
        <title>No Icon</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="header">
            <div class="spacing-item"></div>
            <ul class="header-link-row">
                <li class="header-link-row-element"><a class="header-link" href="Untitled-1.html"><i class="fas fa-home"></i></a></li>
                <li class="header-link-row-element"><a class="header-link" href="movies.html">Movies</a></li>
            </ul>
            <div class="spacing-item"></div>    
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

CSS

html, body {
    height: 100%;
    width: auto;
}

body {
    margin: 0;
    background-color: #EDF7F2;
}

.fa-home {
    color: white;
}

.header {
    height: 9%;
    display: flex;
    flex-flow: row nowrap;
    align-items: center;
    background-color: #96CA2D;
}

.header-link-row {
    list-style-type: none;
    display: inline-block;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

.header-link-row-element {
    display: inline-block;
    height: 100%;
}

.header-link {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: white;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
}

.spacing-item {
    width: 20%;
}