Image to Base64 Converter: Embed Images Directly in Your Code Published: May 11, 2025 | Last Updated: May 11, 2025 So there I was last month, banging my head against the wall with this client project. They had this crazy requirement - their corporate firewall blocked all external images, but they still wanted their internal tool to look good. I tried a bunch of things that just didn't work. Then it hit me - that old Base64 encoding trick I hadn't used since like 2018. Man, what seemed like a total roadblock was fixed in about 20 minutes! That's exactly why I ended up building this Base64 Converter for Web Utility Labs - I figured other devs must run into the same headaches. What Is Base64 Encoding and Who Needs It? Base64 encoding takes your image files and turns them into text strings you can paste right into your HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. If you've been building websites for any length of time, you've probabl...