<a>
  <svg id="highlighter">
    <clipPath id="myClip">
      <rect id="clipRect" x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%" />
    </clipPath>
    <filter id="displacementFilter1">
      <feTurbulence type="turbulence" baseFrequency="0.0125" numOctaves="2" result="turbulence" />
      <feDisplacementMap in2="turbulence" in="SourceGraphic" scale="4" xChannelSelector="R" yChannelSelector="G" />
    </filter>
    <g clip-path="url(#myClip)">
      <rect id="highlightRect1" x="0" y="0" width="96%" height="90%" fill="#ffc2d4" style="filter: url(#displacementFilter1)"> </rect>
    </g>
  </svg>
  Hover to highlight! 🎨
</a>

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  height: 100vh;
  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica,
    Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
  line-height: 1;
  color: #111;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

a {
  position: relative;
  letter-spacing: -0.0125em;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 2.25rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

#highlighter {
  position: absolute;
  top: -4px;
  left: -4px;
  width: calc(100% + 18px);
  height: calc(100% + 12px);
  overflow: visible;
  z-index: -1;
  transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px);
}

#highlighter > * {
  pointer-events: none;
}

a:hover #clipRect {
  transform-origin: 0 0;
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

#clipRect {
  transform-origin: 100% 50%;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transition: transform 275ms ease;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  a {
    font-size: 1.875rem;
  }
}