Of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather.

synonym: tawny-brown.

Roget 433: brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous^†, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous^†, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown^†; fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored; brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves; khaki.    sun-burnt; tanned etc. v.. ... show more

Roget 436: yellow, aureate, golden, flavous^†, citrine, fallow; fulvous^†, fulvid^†; sallow, luteous^†, tawny, creamy, sandy; xanthic^†, xanthous^†; jaundiced^†, auricomous^†.    gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose-colored, creamcolored; xanthocarpous^†, xanthochroid^†, xanthopous^†.    yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot.    warm, advancing.    ... show more