fawn 2 
(fôn)
(fôn)n.
1. A young deer, especially one less than a year old.
2. A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown.
[Middle English, from Old French foun, faon, feon, young animal, from Vulgar Latin *fētō, *fētōn-, from Latin fētus, offspring; see dhē(i)- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]