All elements visible on the HTML page are inside the <body></body> tags.
HTML, CSS and JavaScript codes are entered inside the tag.

EXAMPLE

<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
  <head>
      <title>IT present</title>
  <style>
    body {
      background-color:#D4EDED;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
      <h1>IT present</h1>
      <p>text <p>
</body>
</html>


result:


IT present

text inside the <body> tag

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