how to use hex to set background color?

[achana chan]

Hi.
In my applet, I use the following line of code to set the foreground or background color:

aKomponent.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
someKomponet.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.ORANGE));

Is there some way I could specify the hex value instead (simply because there are so many shades doing it with hex)?
TIA :-)

[Nathan Pruett]

Color.decode( String ) will take hex values as a string and return a color.

[Brian Pipa]

Use Color.decode() like so:
Color myColor = Color.decode("#6365ff");
Brian

[Jason Steele]

RGB is another option:

Color redColor = new Color(255,0,0);

[achana chan]

Thank you for taking time o look at my problem.
Both methods work for me now.
Is one way inherently more efficient ?