Coffee Color
Coffee is a brown color with hex code #A6814C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with coffee, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Coffee Color Values
What Does Coffee Mean?
Coffee belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Coffee sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Coffee is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: light yellowish brown, #C19A6B). It is also known as Hamster Fur.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Coffee
Coffee and #4C70A4 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #A4534C and #9DA44C, which sit beside coffee on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair coffee with triadic partners #4CA47F and #7F4CA4. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- McKenzie —
#AF8751(Delta E 3) - Light Brown —
#AD8150(Delta E 4) - Limed Oak —
#AC8A56(Delta E 4) - Tan Brown —
#AB7E4C(Delta E 4) - Puce —
#A57E52(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A6814C; }
.background { background-color: #A6814C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A6814C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A6814C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for coffee?
Coffee has the hex code #A6814C. In RGB notation it is rgb(166, 129, 76), in HSL it is hsl(35, 37%, 47%), and its OKLCH value is 0.627, 0.084, 75.2.
What does the color coffee mean?
Brown-family colors like coffee carry distinct psychological associations. Coffee belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Coffee sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with coffee?
Coffee has three easy routes: its complement #4C70A4 for punch, its neighbors #A4534C and #9DA44C for something calmer, or triadic partners #4CA47F and #7F4CA4 when you want energy.
Is coffee a standard web color?
No — Coffee is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A6814C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make coffee lighter or darker?
To lighten coffee, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F1E9E0 (lightest tint) to #1C160D (darkest shade).
About Coffee
Coffee is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has alternative names including Hamster Fur. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #A6814C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.