Coffee (color)

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

Coffee beans before roasting
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°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of coffee as a color name in English was in 1695.[1]

Roasted coffee beans

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°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight 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.[2]

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°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark 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.[3]

Coffee in human culture

Ethnography

  • African people are sometimes described as being coffee colored.
  • People who are mulatto sometimes describe themselves or are described as being colored café au lait.

See also

References
  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coffee: Page 53—Plate 15 Color Sample A11
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait: Page 47—Plate 12 Color Sample A6
  3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cafe Noir: Page 39—Plate 8 Color Sample H12
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