content: We had bought frozen French Onion Soup at Costco, not realizing we needed crocks to cook it. These crocks work great for the purpose - however they don't bubble over the top, instead the soup is about an inch below the top. That's fine, just not the exact presentation you'd get making it from scratch.We also figure we can use these for dips when we have parties.The color is more brown than yellow. It's kind of a darker mustard brown.