fix(ui): Remove opacity from Select placeholder

[LauraBeatris]

Description

Currently, the Select placeholder has a inactive opacity when there isn't an option selected, which gives an impression that the form field is disabled

This PR removes the opacity - prev vs now:

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  • Improved Select component placeholder visibility by adjusting styling.

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A changeset is added for a patch release of the UI library. The Select component's placeholder styling is updated by removing opacity from the placeholder text in the SelectButton component. When no children are provided to SelectButton, the placeholder now displays as plain text instead of text with reduced opacity styling.

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396-396: Looks good.

The change correctly removes opacity from the placeholder by rendering it as plain text, which aligns with the PR objective.

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