Need to create the background color as yellow in the table row while I'm clicking on the menu

I need to create background as yellow while selecting the gear icon for the menu in the table row, I have tried the below code for highlighting the table row

                                var view = Core.view.Menu.create({
                                    model: model,
                                    menuContext: { lmdd: lmdd },
                                    anchor: this.$(),
                                    highlight: this.$().parents('tr:first')
                                });
                                view.show();

In that lmdd is a java service, it will show the menu list while click on the gear icon. By using the highlight only I need to do this operation.

Please suggest answers from this standpoint. thanks in advance.