Cookie Policy

Effective Date: October 5, 2026

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by web browsers. HTMLColor stores your preferences (theme and recent colors) in browser localStorage, not in cookies.

Cookies are sent to a server with every request, while localStorage entries stay in your browser and are only read by the page itself.

Your choice

The only cookies HTMLColor sets are the Google Analytics cookies listed below. In the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland (judged by the time zone your browser reports) they are set only after you accept analytics in the banner shown on your first visit. Elsewhere analytics is on by default and no banner is shown. Wherever you are, you can change this whenever you like:

The same control is linked as "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page. It needs JavaScript; without JavaScript, analytics never loads and no cookies are set.

Analytics cookies

When analytics is on, we use Google Analytics 4 to measure how the site is used. It sets these first-party cookies:

  • _ga: distinguishes visitors with a random ID (expires after 2 years).
  • _ga_<ID>: keeps session state for our Analytics property (expires after 2 years).

These cookies are not set if you decline, or if your browser sends a Do-Not-Track or Global Privacy Control signal. If analytics was on and you turn it off, we delete them from your browser and stop sending data. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Browser storage we use

These localStorage entries let the site remember your settings. They are not cookies and are never sent to us:

  • htmlcolor_theme: light or dark theme. Kept until you clear it.
  • htmlcolor_recent_colors: your most recently picked colors. Kept until you clear it.
  • htmlcolor_analytics_consent: your analytics choice (accepted or declined). Kept until you clear it or change your choice.

Advertising cookies

HTMLColor shows no advertising and sets no advertising cookies. If ads are introduced in the future, this policy will be updated first and any advertising cookies that require consent will be covered by the same cookie settings.

Managing cookies

You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies and clear local storage at any time. The color tools keep working if cookies are disabled.

Clearing this site's data also removes your stored analytics choice. On your next visit the banner is shown again in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and analytics is back on by default elsewhere.