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

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.

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

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

Variations of coffee

Café au Lait

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

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.

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 and 1927, respectively.

Café Noir

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

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.

See also

• List of colors

References

1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 193; Color Sample of Coffee: p. 53—Plate 15 Color Sample A11
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscany: p. 37 Plate 7 Color Sample H12
3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample A6
4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscan tan: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample C8
5. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 195; Color Sample of French beige: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample A7
6. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe Noir: p. 39—Plate 8 Color Sample H12

External links

• YouTube—"Coffee Roasting Basics—Color Changes":

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