February 21
Birthday Color: Lime Light
#FFF799 · rgb(255, 247, 153) · hsl(55, 100%, 80%) · CMYK(0,3,40,0)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
If you were born on February 21, your color Lime Light reads as light on your feet and quick to see. 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. Color words put the day's air into language — read them for flavor, not precision.
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 February 21
Birth star
Adhafera
Star words: tress, mane-lock
Leo · ζ Leo · mag 3.43 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Winter cherry
Meaning: purity, spiritual beauty
Peak: Feb, Mar
Birth fish
Japanese Spanish mackerel
Fish words: sharpness, swiftness
Peak: Jan, Feb
Winter cherry comes back on February 21, paired with Lime Light (#FFF799) and the color word morning light. Purity and spiritual beauty remain its hanakotoba; February to March is still when it is at its best. The pale yellow is a long way from the lilac-pink of its earlier date, and it makes the papery calyces look almost translucent, as if the light were passing through them.
Adhafera appears once more on February 21 — bring a small telescope. Just beside this 3.43-magnitude star in Leo sits a fainter companion, and the pair is a quiet favorite among winter double-star observers: a lock of the mane, gently unpicked in the dark. It culminates near midnight. Its star words are tress and mane-lock. The companion color is Lime Light (#FFF799), whose color word is morning light. A slow unbraiding of the night, touched with early yellow.
As the February market fills with winter's gifts, the birthday fish of the day is the Japanese Spanish mackerel, known in some regions by other names when young and said to change with its growth. Its fish words are "sharpness" and "swiftness". Its winter fat is said to shine in salt grilling and saikyo-zuke. The peak season is January and February. The birth color of the day is "Lime Light" (#FFF799). A morning-light yellow for the first bright hour of a day.
The Buntan pomelo (ブンタン) is assigned to Feb 21. It is a citrus fruit at its best around Jan and Feb. Its fruit words are "wishes and depth". Look for it in Jan and Feb. On this date, the birthday color is Lime Light (#FFF799). Its color word is "morning light". One fruit, one color, one 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 February 21?
- The birth flower for February 21 is the Winter cherry. Its hanakotoba include purity, spiritual beauty, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birth fish for February 21?
- The birth fish for February 21 is the Japanese Spanish mackerel. Its fish words include sharpness, swiftness, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fruit for February 21?
- The birth fruit for February 21 is the Buntan pomelo. Its fruit words include wishes, depth, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for February 21?
- The birthday color for February 21 is Lime Light (#FFF799). It pairs with the day's flower, Winter cherry.
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Color palette for Lime Light
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FFFCD6
oklch(98.4% 0.049 103.5)
#FFF799
oklch(96.2% 0.116 104.1)
base
#FFF03D
oklch(93.9% 0.183 104.4)
Analogous (±30°)
#FFC499
oklch(86.3% 0.088 57.3)
#FFF799
oklch(96.2% 0.116 104.1)
base
#D4FF99
oklch(94.7% 0.136 127.5)
Complementary (+180°)
#FFF799
oklch(96.2% 0.116 104.1)
#99A1FF
oklch(74.1% 0.135 278.8)
base
#CCD0FF
oklch(87.0% 0.065 281.1)
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