You can now change the default color and duration of the highlight

init.lua

@@ -190,14 +190,26 @@ vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-k>', '<C-w><C-k>', { desc = 'Move focus to the upper win
 -- [[ Basic Autocommands ]]
 --  See `:help lua-guide-autocommands`
 
+-- NOTE: Displays colored highlight when you copy or delete text in Neovim
+
 -- Highlight when yanking (copying) text
 --  Try it with `yap` in normal mode
 --  See `:help vim.highlight.on_yank()`
+
+-- Choose your own highlight color: value in hexidecimals
+local highlight_color = "#40005b"
+
+-- Define how long the highlight should appear: value is in milliseconds
+local highlight_timeout = 300
+
+-- Create autocommand for highlighting yanked text
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TextYankPost', {
   desc = 'Highlight when yanking (copying) text',
   group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('kickstart-highlight-yank', { clear = true }),
   callback = function()
-    vim.highlight.on_yank()
+    -- Set highlight color and timeout
+    vim.cmd(string.format("highlight YankHighlight guibg=%s ctermbg=0", highlight_color))
+    vim.highlight.on_yank({ higroup = "YankHighlight", timeout = highlight_timeout })
   end,
 })