黄褐色

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 黄褐色 (おうかっしょく) is a yellowish or ocher brown. It appears as the result of a color change and as an object's visible attribute.
• Basic usage: Dry leaves have turned yellow-brown; an ocher-brown stone is found in soil.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Color reached through change and color describing a discovered object
  • 黄褐色に marks the resulting state after change, while 黄褐色の modifies the stone. The color name does not identify a material or cause.