Nearest-color comparison

Coffee vs Umber

Coffee #6F4E37 vs Umber #635147: RGB distance 20.2 and contrast 1.01:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.

Coffee and Umber are very close, with an RGB distance of 20.2. Coffee is lighter by 0.0011, and Coffee is more saturated by 18 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Coffee#6F4E37

Umber#635147

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Coffee and Umber across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance20.2

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0011

Hue delta4 deg

Lighter colorCoffee

More saturatedCoffee

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Coffee

Coffee is #6F4E37, a warm orange with hue 25°, saturation 34% and luminance 0.091. Beside Umber, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, white text gives the higher contrast at 7.45:1.

HEX#6F4E37 RGB111, 78, 55 HSL25, 34, 33 CMYK0, 30, 50, 56 Luminance0.091 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Umber

Umber is #635147, a warm orange with hue 21°, saturation 16% and luminance 0.0899. Beside Coffee, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, white text gives the higher contrast at 7.51:1.

HEX#635147 RGB99, 81, 71 HSL21, 16, 33 CMYK0, 18, 28, 61 Luminance0.0899 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Coffee or Umber

Choose CoffeeChoose Coffee when the design calls for earth tone orange color at #6F4E37, with warm temperature and 33% HSL lightness.

Choose UmberChoose Umber when #635147, its muted and earth tone orange character, or its 33% HSL lightness is the closer match.

Use togetherTreat them as tonal alternatives or adjacent palette steps, not as text and background. Their contrast is only 1.01:1. They share earth tone tone characteristics.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCoffeeUmber

HEX#6F4E37#635147

RGB111, 78, 5599, 81, 71

HSL25, 34, 3321, 16, 33

CMYK0, 30, 50, 560, 18, 28, 61

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.0910.0899

Black contrast2.82:12.8:1

White contrast7.45:17.51:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Coffeewhite text - 7.45:1

Umberwhite text - 7.51:1

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Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Coffee#6F4E37

Umber#635147

#AD7B58#AD7B58

#967C6E#967C6E

#385971#385971

#475862#475862

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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  {
    "slug": "coffee",
    "name": "Coffee",
    "hex": "#6F4E37",
    "rgb": [
      111,
      78,
      55
    ],
    "hsl": [
      25,
      34,
      33
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      30,
      50,
      56
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.091,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.82,
      "white": 7.45
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.45
    },
    "description": "Coffee is #6F4E37, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Umber, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/coffee/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "umber",
    "name": "Umber",
    "hex": "#635147",
    "rgb": [
      99,
      81,
      71
    ],
    "hsl": [
      21,
      16,
      33
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      18,
      28,
      61
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "muted",
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0899,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.8,
      "white": 7.51
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.51
    },
    "description": "Umber is #635147, a warm orange color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Coffee, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/umber/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 20.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 4,
    "saturation": 18,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0011,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Coffee",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Coffee"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Coffee",
      "background": "#6F4E37",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.45
    },
    {
      "color": "Umber",
      "background": "#635147",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.51
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Coffee is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F4E37.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Umber is better when the design needs muted and earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #635147.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

[
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/coffee-vs-umber.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "slug": "coffee-vs-umber",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Coffee vs Umber",
  "verdict": "Coffee and Umber are very close colors. Coffee is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Coffee and Umber are different orange colors with HEX values #6F4E37 and #635147. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 20.2, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 20.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "colors": [
    {
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      "name": "Coffee",
      "hex": "#6F4E37",
      "rgb": [
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        78,
        55
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      "hsl": [
        25,
        34,
        33
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        30,
        50,
        56
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.091,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.82,
        "white": 7.45
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.45
      },
      "description": "Coffee is #6F4E37, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Umber, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/coffee/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "umber",
      "name": "Umber",
      "hex": "#635147",
      "rgb": [
        99,
        81,
        71
      ],
      "hsl": [
        21,
        16,
        33
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        18,
        28,
        61
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0899,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.8,
        "white": 7.51
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
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        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.51
      },
      "description": "Umber is #635147, a warm orange color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Coffee, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/umber/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 20.2,
    "contrastRatio": 1.01,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 4,
      "saturation": 18,
      "lightness": 0
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0011,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Coffee",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Coffee"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Coffee",
        "background": "#6F4E37",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.45
      },
      {
        "color": "Umber",
        "background": "#635147",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.51
      }
    ]
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    "chooseFirstWhen": "Coffee is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F4E37.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Umber is better when the design needs muted and earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #635147.",
    "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
  },
  "relatedApi": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/coffee-vs-umber.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/coffee-vs-umber/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/coffee-vs-umber.json"
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