taw·ny (tô'nē)
n.
A light brown to brownish orange.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taune, variant of Old French tane, from past participle of taner, to tan. See tan¹.]

tawniness taw'ni·ness n.
tawny taw'ny adj.

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