daily-color

Provides a unique hex code each day

Install

Install from npmjs.com/package/daily-color:

npm install daily-color

Use

In a JavaScript/TypeScript project, using NPM:

import { getDailyColor } from "daily-color";

console.log("Today's color is:", getDailyColor());
console.log("Another day's color is:", getDailyColor(new Date("2024-11-09")));

Directly loading the bundled JavaScript, for static projects not using NPM:

<script type="module">
  import { getDailyColor } from "https://www.aimeerivers.com/daily-color/dist/daily-color.js";

  console.log("Today's color is:", getDailyColor());
  console.log("Another day's color is:", getDailyColor(new Date("2024-11-09")));
</script>

Using the CLI:

dailycolor

Just want to see today's color?

There is a demo on www.aimeerivers.com/daily-color

Want to see a particular date? No problem, just add a date parameter, for example www.aimeerivers.com/daily-color/?date=2025-01-29

And if you want to see the coming colors for the next month you can see them on www.aimeerivers.com/daily-color/month

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run tests:

npm run test

Compile the dist code, for projects without NPM:

npm run webpack

The project uses ESLint and Prettier to ensure consistent coding standards.

npm run lint
npm run format
npm run package:lint

• lint will check for errors and fix formatting in .ts and .js files.
• format will apply format rules to all possible files.
• package:lint will warn of any inconsistencies in the package.json file.

Changelog

2.3.10 (2025-09-21)

Chores

• Update eslint-config-plus-prettier to 4.2.2 (#59) (06a05c9)

2.3.9 (2025-09-18)

Continuous Integration

• Update Release Please to v4 (#57) (983870a)

2.3.8 (2025-08-25)

Chores

• Update webpack to 5.101.3 (#55) (41bc2e8)

2.3.7 (2025-07-20)

Chores

• Update dependencies (#53) (5d86387)

2.3.6 (2025-06-20)

Chores

• Update eslint-config-plus-prettier to 4.1.13 (#51) (1936e74)

2.3.5 (2025-06-07)

Chores

• Update dependencies (#49) (983c93a)

2.3.4 (2025-05-12)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#46) (a42b235)

2.3.3 (2025-04-13)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#44) (bc9c13d)

2.3.2 (2025-03-14)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#42) (33a4d24)

2.3.1 (2025-02-12)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#40) (963dd06)

2.3.0 (2025-01-30)

Features

• Enable seeing a different date in the demo site (#38) (a1a0744)

2.2.1 (2025-01-14)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#36) (43b8da4)

2.2.0 (2024-12-25)

Features

• Add a month of color (#34) (d2b7b4a)

2.1.5 (2024-12-12)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#32) (10dc964)

2.1.4 (2024-11-30)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#30) (c919313)

2.1.3 (2024-11-29)

Dependencies

• Update eslint-config-plus-prettier (#28) (aa3fec5)

2.1.2 (2024-11-10)

Dependencies

• Update to eslint-config-plus-prettier v4 (#26) (d617d48)

2.1.1 (2024-11-10)

Dependencies

• Update eslint-config-plus-prettier (#24) (c8f1b93)

2.1.0 (2024-11-09)

Features

• Enable getting color for a specific date (#20) (3cbac73)
• Make the color vary more from day to day (#22) (beeda51)

2.0.1 (2024-11-09)

Bug Fixes

• Add TypeScript declaration to make the module compatible with TyepScript (#17) (7df4681)

2.0.0 (2024-11-09)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• Importing with require will no longer work. Instead use import { getDailyColor } from "daily-color";

Features

• Convert to ES module (#15) (0444973)

1.3.1 (2024-11-09)

Bug Fixes

• Make the text stand out slightly better on the demo page (#13) (f1a61bc)

1.3.0 (2024-11-09)

Features

• Improve the demo display (#10) (ff95cd2)

1.2.0 (2024-11-09)

Features

• Add an HTML page to show the current color of the day (#8) (e702363)

1.1.0 (2024-11-09)

Features

• Provide a webpack bundle, for projects that don't use NPM (#6) (6d53597)

1.0.1 (2024-11-09)

Dependencies

• update dependencies (#3) (3fbbb9a)

1.0.0 (2024-11-09)

Features

• Add a bin script for CLI (f81da29)
• Start a new project (a9f5689)

Dependencies

• Fix version (0a1af33)
• Install eslint-config-plus-prettier (36e2f49)
• Install npm-package-json-lint (6281541)
• Uninstall npm-package-json-lint (9a330b1)
• Update eslint-config-plus-prettier (e08d8d4)
• Update eslint-config-plus-prettier to v1.6.0 which limits the eslint version (fd17ce9)