Add Background Color to ggplot2 Text Label in R (Example Code)

data(iris)                     # Example data in R
head(iris)
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa

data(iris) # Example data in R head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa

install.packages("ggplot2")    # Install ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2")             # Load ggplot2

install.packages("ggplot2") # Install ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") # Load ggplot2

my_plot <- ggplot(iris,        # Create ggplot2 scatterplot
                  aes(x = Petal.Width,
                      y = Petal.Length)) +
  geom_point()
my_plot

my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Create ggplot2 scatterplot aes(x = Petal.Width, y = Petal.Length)) + geom_point() my_plot

my_plot +                      # Add text without background
  annotate("text",
           x = 1.7,
           y = 5,
           label = "I want to show this text!")

my_plot + # Add text without background annotate("text", x = 1.7, y = 5, label = "I want to show this text!")

my_plot +                      # Change color of text background
  geom_label(aes(x = 1.7,
                 y = 5,
                 label = "I want to show this text!"),
             fill = "#ffdc5e")

my_plot + # Change color of text background geom_label(aes(x = 1.7, y = 5, label = "I want to show this text!"), fill = "#ffdc5e")