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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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark yellowish brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Coffee
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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (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.^[1]

The normalized color coordinates for coffee are identical to Tuscan brown, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1913.^[2]

Variations of coffee

Café au Lait

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.^[3]

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^[4] and 1927,^[5] respectively.

Café Noir

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.^[6]

References

^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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":

[mp-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

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