diff --git a/R/util.R b/R/util.R
index 27f7d57..f80c89a 100644
--- a/R/util.R
+++ b/R/util.R
@@ -110,3 +110,13 @@
     "\\usepackage{threeparttable}"
   ))
 }
+
+latex_color <- function(color) {
+  if (substr(color, 1, 1) != "#") {
+    return(paste0("{", color, "}"))
+  } else {
+    color <- sub("#", "", color)
+    if (nchar(color) == 8) color <- substr(color, 1, 6)
+    return(paste0("[HTML]{", color, "}"))
+  }
+}