function getRandomColor() {

// creating a random number between 0 and 255
var r = Math.floor(Math.random()*256);
var g = Math.floor(Math.random()*256);
var b = Math.floor(Math.random()*256);
 
// going from decimal to hex
var hexR = r.toString(16);
var hexG = g.toString(16);
var hexB = b.toString(16);
 
// making sure single character values are prepended with a "0"
if (hexR.length == 1) {

hexR = "0" + hexR;

}
 
if (hexG.length == 1) {

hexG = "0" + hexG;

}
 
if (hexB.length == 1) {

hexB = "0" + hexB;

}
 
// creating the hex value by concatenatening the string values
var hexColor = "#" + hexR + hexG + hexB;
return hexColor.toUpperCase();
}