February 27
Birthday Color: Yanagicha
#A1A46D · rgb(161, 164, 109) · hsl(63, 23%, 54%) · CMYK(2,0,34,36)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Yanagicha, the color given to February 27, is cheerful and curious. Its color words point to a waymark: small but certain, the sign a lost traveler happens to find. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
Try it: An accent for cards and planners — a signature in place of a name.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of February 27
Birth star
Praecipua
Star words: principal, chief
Leo Minor · 46 LMi · mag 3.79 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fruit
Yumenoka strawberry
Fruit words: dream, fragrance
Peak: Jan, Feb
February 27 brings glory of the snow back for a third time, with Yanagicha (#A1A46D) and the color word a waymark. Hope and pride remain the flower's hanakotoba, with February to March still the peak. An olive khaki is an odd, almost institutional color for such a small bright flower, and it turns the date into a marker rather than a celebration.
Praecipua means 'the principal one' in Latin, and it is exactly that: at magnitude 3.79, the brightest star of Leo Minor, the little lion Hevelius tucked between Leo and Ursa Major in the 17th century. A modest chief, then, of a modest kingdom. On February 27 it culminates around midnight. Its star words are principal and chief. The day's color is Yanagicha (#A1A46D), willow-tea green, whose color word is a waymark. Leadership on a small scale, marked in willow green.
The birthday fish of February 27 is the Common orient clam, its springy flesh said to hold the savor of the tide; steamed with sake, it fills the mouth with the scent of spring. Its fish words are "bond" and "harmony". Like a matched pair of shells, it has been chosen for tables that tie people together. The peak season is March. The birth color of the day is "Yanagicha" (#A1A46D). A waymark green-brown for a day of small gatherings.
Feb 27 belongs to the Yumenoka strawberry (ゆめのか). The Yumenoka strawberry is a berry whose peak runs Jan and Feb. Fruit words attach "dream and fragrance" to the Yumenoka strawberry. It is in season Jan and Feb. The color side of the day is Yanagicha (#A1A46D). The color word here is "a waymark". 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).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for February 27?
- The birth flower for February 27 is the Glory of the snow. Its hanakotoba include hope, pride, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birth fish for February 27?
- The birth fish for February 27 is the Common orient clam. Its fish words include bond, harmony, and its peak season is Mar.
- What is the birth fruit for February 27?
- The birth fruit for February 27 is the Yumenoka strawberry. Its fruit words include dream, fragrance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for February 27?
- The birthday color for February 27 is Yanagicha (#A1A46D). It pairs with the day's flower, Glory of the snow.
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Color palette for Yanagicha
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#C5C7A6
oklch(81.9% 0.045 110.2)
#A1A46D
oklch(70.3% 0.075 110.8)
base
#6D7046
oklch(53.2% 0.061 111.8)
Analogous (±30°)
#A48C6D
oklch(65.4% 0.052 73.8)
#A1A46D
oklch(70.3% 0.075 110.8)
base
#86A46D
oklch(68.2% 0.084 131.6)
Complementary (+180°)
#A1A46D
oklch(70.3% 0.075 110.8)
#706DA4
oklch(56.0% 0.084 285.8)
base
#BDBCD5
oklch(80.4% 0.035 287.4)
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