How to create a random color generator

Learn how to create a random color generator using only HTML, CSS and JavaScript

https://youtu.be/FwTWHxGsArU

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 <title>Document</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
 <p>Color Code: <span id="colorCode"></span></p>
 <button type="button" id="randomColorBtn">Random Color</button>
 <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

CSS

*{
 margin: 0;
 padding: 0;
}

body{
 min-height: 100vh;
 display: flex;
 align-items: center;
 justify-content: center;
 flex-direction: column;
 font-size: 32px;
}

body button{
 font-size: 24px;
}

JavaScript

let randomColorBtn = document.getElementById('randomColorBtn');
let colorCodeDisplay = document.getElementById('colorCode');
let hexValues = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"];

randomColorBtn.addEventListener('click', generateColor);

function generateColor(){
 let colorCode = '#';
 for(i = 0; i < 6; i++){
 let random = Math.floor(Math.random()*hexValues.length);
 colorCode += hexValues[random];
    }

 colorCodeDisplay.innerHTML = colorCode;
 document.body.style.backgroundColor = colorCode;
}

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