ocher vs saffron

ocher and saffron both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ocher	Yes	Yes	No	No
saffron	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, saffron is a hypernym of ocher; that is, saffron is a word with a broader meaning than ocher:

Other hypernyms of ocher include orange yellow.

ocher (noun)	saffron (noun)
a moderate yellow-orange to orange color	a shade of yellow tinged with orange
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment	dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
	Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

ocher (adjective)	saffron (adjective)
of a moderate orange-yellow color