January 19
Birthday Color: Leaf Green
#9FC24D · rgb(159, 194, 77) · hsl(78, 49%, 53%) · CMYK(18,0,60,24)
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Zodiac: Capricorn ♑
Color words & personality
Leaf Green, the color given to January 19, is kind and observant. Its color words point to tree rings: unhurried years stack into a core that does not sway. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
As a gift: Green quietly accompanies everyday things. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 19
Birth star
Naos
Star words: swiftness, odyssey
Puppis · ζ Pup · mag 2.21 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fish
Olive flounder
Fish words: flexibility, adaptation
Peak: Dec, Jan
Holly is the January 19 flower. Its leaves are stiff and spined, and the red berries that come with it are why the plant has been brought indoors at midwinter for centuries. In hanakotoba it stands for foresight and protection. Peak months are December and January. The date's color is Leaf Green (#9FC24D), color word tree rings: spring green in the coldest fortnight.
Naos comes back on January 19 with a wilder story: this Puppis blue supergiant is a runaway star. Astronomers think its companion exploded as a supernova long ago, flinging Naos through space at high speed — which makes its star words, swiftness and odyssey, almost literal. It culminates around midnight. The day's color is Leaf Green (#9FC24D), whose color word is tree rings. A star still racing from an ancient blast, and green rings quietly counting the years: motion and memory side by side.
The briny air sharpens in winter, and on January 19 the birthday fish is the Olive flounder, lying flat against the sand like a lesson in fitting in — hence the fish words "flexibility" and "adaptation." Its fringed fin edge is said to have given engawa its name. A kombu cure or thin sashimi suits the December–January season. Today's birthday color is Leaf Green (#9FC24D), a soft young green to match flesh that melts away. Bring a supple taste to the day's table.
The Iyokan is the birth fruit of Jan 19. Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Jan and Feb. In fruit words, it stands for mellowness and tolerance. Peak season: Jan and Feb. Its date also carries the birthday color Leaf Green (#9FC24D). Its color word is "tree rings". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
Our birth flowers are an independently compiled system based on flowering seasons and hanakotoba. Birth stars are assigned by an astronomical rule — the IAU-named star culminating around midnight on that date. Birth fish and fruits are compiled independently by peak season (fish include seafood).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for January 19?
- The birth flower for January 19 is the Holly. Its hanakotoba include foresight, protection, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fish for January 19?
- The birth fish for January 19 is the Olive flounder. Its fish words include flexibility, adaptation, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 19?
- The birth fruit for January 19 is the Iyokan. Its fruit words include mellowness, tolerance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 19?
- The birthday color for January 19 is Leaf Green (#9FC24D). It pairs with the day's flower, Holly.
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Color palette for Leaf Green
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#C4D991
oklch(85.2% 0.097 121.7)
#9FC24D
oklch(76.5% 0.149 124.0)
base
#6B852E
oklch(57.8% 0.117 124.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#C2AB4D
oklch(74.3% 0.117 95.6)
#9FC24D
oklch(76.5% 0.149 124.0)
base
#65C24D
oklch(73.2% 0.178 139.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#9FC24D
oklch(76.5% 0.149 124.0)
#704DC2
oklch(52.0% 0.175 293.1)
base
#BCACE3
oklch(77.7% 0.079 297.9)
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