Coffee (color)

Coffee is a brownish color that is a representation of a roasted coffee bean. Different types of coffee beans have different colors when roasted—the color coffee represents an average.

Coffee
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6F4E37
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(111, 78, 55)
HSV (h, s, v)	(25°, 50%, 44%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(36, 30, 39°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of coffee as a color name in English was in 1695.^[2]

The normalized color coordinates for coffee are identical to Tuscan brown, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1913.^[3]

Roasted coffee beans

'Green' coffee beans before roasting

Variations of coffee

Café au Lait

Café au Lait
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A67B5B
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(166, 123, 91)
HSV (h, s, v)	(26°, 45%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(55, 41, 41°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Coffee with milk (a latte)

The color displayed at right is café au lait, also known as coffee and milk or latte. This is a representation of the color of coffee mixed with milk, which when prepared commercially by a barista in a coffee shop is known as a latte.

The first recorded use of cafe au lait as a color name in English was in 1839.^[4]

The normalized color coordinates for café au lait are identical to Tuscan tan and French beige, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1926^[5] and 1927,^[6] respectively.

Café Noir

Café Noir
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#4B3621
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(75, 54, 33)
HSV (h, s, v)	(30°, 56%, 29%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(24, 20, 46°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A cup of black coffee

The color displayed at right is café noir, also known as black coffee. It is a representation of the color of brewed black coffee.

The first recorded use of cafe noir as a color name in English was in 1928.^[7]

See also

• List of colors