Buff relative (3)
I believe the answer is:
tan
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">buff relative</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tan that I've seen before include "Shade of brown" , "Nice brown induced by sun" , "Tawny" , "Catch the sun" , "Bronze" .)