Document.bgColor

Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The deprecated bgColor property gets or sets the background color of the current document.

Syntax

color = document.bgColor
document.bgColor =color

Parameters

color is a string representing the color as a word (e.g., "red") or hexadecimal value (e.g., "#ff0000").

Example

document.bgColor = "darkblue";

Notes

The default value for this property in Firefox is white (#ffffff in hexadecimal).

document.bgColor is deprecated in DOM Level 2 HTML. The recommended alternative is use of the CSS style background-color which can be accessed through the DOM with document.body.style.backgroundColor. Another alternative is document.body.bgColor, although this is also deprecated in HTML 4.01 in favor of the CSS alternative.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`bgColor` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome Full support 64 Notes Full support 64 Notes Notes Before Chrome 64, this property was accessed through the `HTMLDocument` alias.	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 64 Notes Full support 64 Notes Notes Before Chrome 64, this property was accessed through the `HTMLDocument` alias.	Chrome Android Full support 64 Notes Full support 64 Notes Notes Before Chrome 64, this property was accessed through the `HTMLDocument` alias.	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0 Notes Full support 9.0 Notes Notes Before Samsung Internet 9.0, this property was accessed through the `HTMLDocument` alias.

Legend

Full support: Full support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.: Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.: Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See implementation notes.: See implementation notes.

Last modified: Mar 25, 2019, by MDN contributors