January 27
Birthday Color: Pale Lemon
#FEF400 · rgb(254, 244, 0) · hsl(58, 100%, 50%) · CMYK(0,4,100,0)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of January 27, Pale Lemon behaves like light on your feet and quick to see. Its color words point to a waymark: small but certain, the sign a lost traveler happens to find. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. It also works as a gift-wrap color or an accent on a message card.
Try it: An accent for cards and planners — a signature in place of a name.
As a gift: Yellow works for good-luck starts — a small courage for a new beginning. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 27
Birth star
Asellus Australis
Star words: southern ass, burden-bearing
Cancer · δ Cnc · mag 3.94 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Amur adonis
Meaning: eternal happiness, remembrance
Peak: Jan, Feb
Birth fruit
Tochiotome strawberry
Fruit words: maiden heart, chic
Peak: Dec, Jan
Amur adonis returns on January 27 with Pale Lemon (#FEF400) and the color word a waymark. Eternal happiness and remembrance are still its hanakotoba; January to February is still when it is at its best. The color is almost the same yellow as the flower, which makes this the most literal pairing of the month: a small bright thing placed in a large gray landscape.
On January 27, the 'southern little donkey' comes due south at midnight: Asellus Australis, a 3.94-magnitude star in Cancer. It grazes beside the star cluster Praesepe — the Manger — with its northern companion, exactly as the old sky-maps drew them; sailors once read the pair for weather. Its star words are southern ass and burden-bearing. The day's color is Pale Lemon (#FEF400), whose color word is a waymark. A humble, load-carrying star flagged in bright lemon: service with a signpost.
January 27's birthday fish is the Spear squid, its slim blade-like body holding a cool sharpness. Cured into shiokara the umami concentrates; briefly seared, it turns fragrant, it is said. The fish words are "delicacy" and "edge," and the season of the catch runs December and January. Today's birthday color is Pale Lemon (#FEF400), a bright mark beside the white flesh. Keep the day's table clear and cool.
Jan 27 belongs to the Tochiotome strawberry (とちおとめ). Dec and Jan is when this berry tastes its best. Fruit words attach "maiden heart and chic" to the Tochiotome strawberry. It is in season Dec and Jan. The birthday color for this date is Pale Lemon (#FEF400). The color word here is "a waymark". Pair the season's fruit with the day's color for a small celebration.
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 27?
- The birth flower for January 27 is the Amur adonis. Its hanakotoba include eternal happiness, remembrance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for January 27?
- The birth fish for January 27 is the Spear squid. Its fish words include delicacy, edge, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 27?
- The birth fruit for January 27 is the Tochiotome strawberry. Its fruit words include maiden heart, chic, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birthday color for January 27?
- The birthday color for January 27 is Pale Lemon (#FEF400). It pairs with the day's flower, Amur adonis.
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Color palette for Pale Lemon
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FFF95B
oklch(95.9% 0.174 107.2)
#FEF400
oklch(94.4% 0.202 106.7)
base
#A29C00
oklch(67.6% 0.145 106.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#FE7500
oklch(71.4% 0.192 48.8)
#FEF400
oklch(94.4% 0.202 106.7)
base
#89FE00
oklch(89.2% 0.259 134.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#FEF400
oklch(94.4% 0.202 106.7)
#000AFE
oklch(45.4% 0.310 264.1)
base
#7F84FF
oklch(66.8% 0.179 278.6)
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