February 23
Birthday Color: Nanohanairo
#FFEC47 · rgb(255, 236, 71) · hsl(54, 100%, 64%) · CMYK(0,7,72,0)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of February 23, Nanohanairo behaves like bright and clear-minded. Its color words point to a small bell: light to carry, heard farther than you expect. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. Blend two birthday colors and you get a memorial color unique to that pair.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of February 23
Birth star
Tania Australis
Star words: second leap, bounce
Ursa Major · μ UMa · mag 3.06 — Culminates around midnight
Wintersweet returns on February 23, paired with Nanohanairo (#FFEC47) and the color word a small bell. Compassion and foresight remain its hanakotoba, and January to February remains its peak. The color is a bright canary yellow with a green edge to it, which suits the flower's waxy, almost translucent petals better than the silver gray of its January date.
Tania Australis watches over February 23: 'Tania' descends from the Arabic for 'the second leap,' another footprint in the gazelle-leap story at the feet of Ursa Major, the Great Bear; 'australis' marks it as the southern of the pair. The 3.06-magnitude star culminates high in the south at midnight. Its star words are second leap and bounce. The day's color is Nanohanairo (#FFEC47), rape-blossom yellow, whose color word is a small bell. A bright bounce, a small clear ring: February lightens.
Beneath a sky waiting for the snow to melt, the birthday fish of February 23 is the Common orient clam. Its two shells meet perfectly only as a pair, and it has long been treasured as an omen of lasting bonds. Its fish words are "bond" and "harmony". It is also a fixture of the Dolls' Festival soup in March. The peak season is March. The birth color of the day is "Nanohanairo" (#FFEC47). A small-bell yellow for days of quiet preparation for spring.
Feb 23 belongs to the Setoka (せとか). Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Jan and Feb. The fruit words for this date read "luxury and maturity". Jan and Feb is its season. Its date also carries the birthday color Nanohanairo (#FFEC47). The color word here is "a small bell". A seasonal fruit and a birthday color, sharing one date.
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).
Anniversaries of this date
- The Emperor's BirthdaySource
See each source for the origin and details of these anniversaries.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for February 23?
- The birth flower for February 23 is the Wintersweet. Its hanakotoba include compassion, foresight, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for February 23?
- The birth fish for February 23 is the Common orient clam. Its fish words include bond, harmony, and its peak season is Mar.
- What is the birth fruit for February 23?
- The birth fruit for February 23 is the Setoka. Its fruit words include luxury, maturity, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for February 23?
- The birthday color for February 23 is Nanohanairo (#FFEC47). It pairs with the day's flower, Wintersweet.
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Color palette for Nanohanairo
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FFF5A3
oklch(96.0% 0.103 102.2)
#FFEC47
oklch(93.1% 0.175 102.6)
base
#EAD200
oklch(85.7% 0.179 101.0)
Analogous (±30°)
#FF9047
oklch(76.0% 0.159 51.3)
#FFEC47
oklch(93.1% 0.175 102.6)
base
#B6FF47
oklch(91.9% 0.218 129.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#FFEC47
oklch(93.1% 0.175 102.6)
#475AFF
oklch(56.0% 0.242 270.9)
base
#C6CCFF
oklch(85.8% 0.071 279.5)
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