January 8
Birthday Color: Lemonade Yellow
#B8C43A · rgb(184, 196, 58) · hsl(65, 54%, 50%) · CMYK(6,0,70,23)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Capricorn ♑
Color words & personality
Assigned to January 8, Lemonade Yellow belongs to a family read as cheerful and curious. Its color words point to morning light: you start earlier than worry does, and that head start carries the day. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Rather than testing whether it fits, keep it as a phrase worth remembering.
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 8
Birth star
Aludra
Star words: limpidity, distance
Canis Major · η CMa · mag 2.45 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fish
Chub mackerel
Fish words: agility, diligence
Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan
Witch hazel opens January 8 with flowers like thin yellow ribbons unravelling on bare branches before anything else stirs. Hanakotoba meanings are inspiration and magic. The peak months are January and February. The date's birthday color is Lemonade Yellow (#B8C43A), a sharp yellow-green whose color word is morning light. Flower and color arrive at the same hour, and neither is subtle about it.
From Arabic for 'the virgin' comes Aludra, the birth star of January 8 — a blue-white supergiant in Canis Major, shining at magnitude 2.45 across thousands of light-years, tens of thousands of times more luminous than the Sun. Its star words are limpidity and distance. Around midnight it tops the southern sky. Sharing the date is Lemonade Yellow (#B8C43A), whose color word is morning light. Remote blue fire answered by a cup of bright morning: an uplifting pair.
January 8 again brings the Chub mackerel, seen through the quickness of its nature: as its freshness fades fast, the wisdom of curing it in salt and vinegar is said to have grown around the fish. Its fish words are "agility" and "diligence," and the season runs October through January, the flesh firming in deep winter. Today's birthday color is Lemonade Yellow (#B8C43A), a brisk yellow like winter morning light. Let a small, sharp dish open the day's table.
Jan 8 belongs to the Iyokan (いよかん). A citrus fruit of the season, the Iyokan arrives from Jan and Feb. Fruit words attach "mellowness and tolerance" to the Iyokan. It is in season Jan and Feb. This day's birthday color: Lemonade Yellow (#B8C43A). The color word here is "morning light". A fruit in season and a color of its own — a small way to mark the day.
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 8?
- The birth flower for January 8 is the Witch hazel. Its hanakotoba include inspiration, magic, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for January 8?
- The birth fish for January 8 is the Chub mackerel. Its fish words include agility, diligence, and its peak season is Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 8?
- The birth fruit for January 8 is the Iyokan. Its fruit words include mellowness, tolerance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 8?
- The birthday color for January 8 is Lemonade Yellow (#B8C43A). It pairs with the day's flower, Witch hazel.
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Color palette for Lemonade Yellow
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#D2DA80
oklch(86.2% 0.114 112.9)
#B8C43A
oklch(78.6% 0.157 114.3)
base
#757D25
oklch(56.5% 0.110 114.4)
Analogous (±30°)
#C48B3A
oklch(67.8% 0.118 72.7)
#B8C43A
oklch(78.6% 0.157 114.3)
base
#73C43A
oklch(74.1% 0.188 135.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#B8C43A
oklch(78.6% 0.157 114.3)
#463AC4
oklch(45.6% 0.205 278.4)
base
#A29CE2
oklch(72.4% 0.101 287.5)
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