Detect similar colours from hex values
Here could be an algorithm to start with:
const yellow1 = "FFFF99";
const yellow2 = "FFFF00";
const blue = "0000FF";
function hexColorDelta(hex1, hex2) {
// get red/green/blue int values of hex1
var r1 = parseInt(hex1.substring(0, 2), 16);
var g1 = parseInt(hex1.substring(2, 4), 16);
var b1 = parseInt(hex1.substring(4, 6), 16);
// get red/green/blue int values of hex2
var r2 = parseInt(hex2.substring(0, 2), 16);
var g2 = parseInt(hex2.substring(2, 4), 16);
var b2 = parseInt(hex2.substring(4, 6), 16);
// calculate differences between reds, greens and blues
var r = 255 - Math.abs(r1 - r2);
var g = 255 - Math.abs(g1 - g2);
var b = 255 - Math.abs(b1 - b2);
// limit differences between 0 and 1
r /= 255;
g /= 255;
b /= 255;
// 0 means opposite colors, 1 means same colors
return (r + g + b) / 3;
}
console.log(hexColorDelta(yellow1, yellow2)); // 0.7999999999999999
console.log(hexColorDelta(yellow1, blue)); // 0.19999999999999998