April 9
Birthday Color: Kuchinashi
#FBCA4D · rgb(251, 202, 77) · hsl(43, 96%, 64%) · CMYK(0,20,69,2)
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Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of April 9, Kuchinashi behaves like open-hearted and sociable, with a spark that lifts the room. Its color words point to a hearth: not the loudest light in the house, but the one everyone gathers around. 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 April 9
Birth star
Mizar
Star words: pairing, union
Ursa Major · ζ UMa · mag 2.23 — Culminates around midnight
Dead nettle carries April 9, one of the few the calendar files under leaf, not flower. Its season is long, April through June, with an April and May peak. Hanakotoba are quiet love and patience, fitting for a plant that asks to be noticed slowly. Kuchinashi (#FBCA4D) is the birthday color, a warm yellow whose color word is "a hearth": not the loudest light, but the one everyone gathers around.
In the middle of the Dipper's handle sits Mizar, and if you can spot the faint star beside it, you would have passed the eyesight test of centuries past. On April 9 this 2.23-magnitude star is your birth star; its neighbor Alcor was long called the rider to its horse. Its star words are pairing and union. At midnight the two stand together at the southern peak. The day's color is Kuchinashi (#FBCA4D), gardenia yellow, read as a hearth. Looking closely is a warm thing to do.
The birth fish of April 9 is the Japanese littleneck clam, a familiar shellfish whose steaming pot fills the kitchen with the scent of the tide. Its fish words are "tide" and "daily life". Its peak month is April, when clams are said to grow plump. The birth color of the day is Kuchinashi (#FBCA4D), a hearth-warm yellow. Raise a little steam over the everyday table and welcome the tide's blessing.
The Hassaku orange is the birth fruit of Apr 9. The Hassaku orange is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Mar and Apr. In fruit words, it stands for freshness and promise. Peak season: Mar and Apr. The color side of the day is Kuchinashi (#FBCA4D). Its color word is "a hearth". Seasonal sweetness and a personal color, on the same 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 April 9?
- The birth flower for April 9 is the Dead nettle. Its hanakotoba include quiet love, patience, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for April 9?
- The birth fish for April 9 is the Japanese littleneck clam. Its fish words include tide, daily life, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for April 9?
- The birth fruit for April 9 is the Hassaku orange. Its fruit words include freshness, promise, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birthday color for April 9?
- The birthday color for April 9 is Kuchinashi (#FBCA4D). It pairs with the day's flower, Dead nettle.
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Color palette for Kuchinashi
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FDE5A7
oklch(92.7% 0.083 89.3)
#FBCA4D
oklch(86.0% 0.149 87.0)
base
#E7A705
oklch(76.9% 0.158 80.8)
Analogous (±30°)
#FB734D
oklch(71.2% 0.175 36.5)
#FBCA4D
oklch(86.0% 0.149 87.0)
base
#D5FB4D
oklch(93.1% 0.196 121.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#FBCA4D
oklch(86.0% 0.149 87.0)
#4D7EFB
oklch(62.5% 0.194 265.1)
base
#CAD8FE
oklch(88.4% 0.055 269.3)
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