Trying to get both the hex and RGB value of a color from the native color picker in Wordpress, user chooses the color via a custom metabox in the admin. Just need to save both values as meta for re-use in the interface.

jQuery(function() {
    jQuery('.color-field').wpColorPicker();
});

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. TXS.

Trying to get both the hex and RGB value of a color from the native color picker in Wordpress, user chooses the color via a custom metabox in the admin. Just need to save both values as meta for re-use in the interface.

jQuery(function() {
    jQuery('.color-field').wpColorPicker();
});

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. TXS.

• custom-field
• jquery
• admin
• color-picker

Share Improve this question asked Oct 18, 2019 at 16:57 SimonSimon 42733 silver badges99 bronze badges 1

• You can get the RGB value via the change event: change: function ( event, ui ) { var rgb = ui.color.toCSS( 'rgb' ); ... } - see the "Advanced usage" section here and the Color.js docs. – Sally CJ Commented Oct 18, 2019 at 18:06

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Thanks for your help Sally, here is the completed jQuery which pushes the RGB value to another field. Name of the RGB field has _rgb at the end.

jQuery(function() {
    var myOptions = {
        // you can declare a default color here,
        // or in the data-default-color attribute on the input
        defaultColor: false,
        // a callback to fire whenever the color changes to a valid color
        change: function(event, ui){
            var rgb = ui.color.toCSS( 'rgb' );
            var name = jQuery(this).attr("name");
            name = '#' + name + '_rgb';
            jQuery(name).val(rgb);
        },
        // a callback to fire when the input is emptied or an invalid color
        clear: function() {},
        // hide the color picker controls on load
        hide: true,
        // show a group of common colors beneath the square
        // or, supply an array of colors to customize further
        palettes: true
    };
    jQuery('.color-field-custom').wpColorPicker(myOptions);
});

And here is what the custom field looks like below the color picker field.

<input type="text" name="destination_secondary_color_rgb" id="destination_secondary_color_rgb" value="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'destination_secondary_color_rgb', true); ?>" />