May 13
Birthday Color: Karekusairo
#E4DC8A · rgb(228, 220, 138) · hsl(55, 63%, 72%) · CMYK(0,4,39,11)
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Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
Assigned to May 13, Karekusairo belongs to a family read as bright and clear-minded. Its color words point to margin: you tidy by subtraction, and the room around you breathes. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. It also works as a gift-wrap color or an accent on a message card.
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 May 13
Birth star
Alkalurops
Star words: shepherd's staff, guiding rod
Boötes · μ1 Boo · mag 4.31 — Culminates around midnight
Spiraea returns on May 13, this time with a different color behind it. Its hanakotoba stay grace and dignity; what changes is the setting. April to May is its peak. The birthday color is Karekusairo (#E4DC8A), the pale yellow of dried grass, and its color word is "margin." Grace, dignity, and an edge of the page: the date as a space left open.
May 13 belongs to Alkalurops, a modest fourth-magnitude star in Boötes whose name is Greek for 'the shepherd's staff.' Not a brilliant beacon, but a dependable pointer in the herdsman's hand. Its star words are shepherd's staff and guiding rod. Around midnight it stands highest in the south. The birthday color is Karekusairo (#E4DC8A), blank margin: a staff pointing toward open space, and permission not to hurry.
The birthday fish for May 13 is the Golden cuttlefish, carrying the words “pattern” and “thunder”. Folklore ties its nearshore arrivals to storms, and its skin rewrites its pattern as the moment asks. Its peak seasons are May and June. The birth color of the day is Karekusairo #E4DC8A, soft as a painting's margin. Add one calm dish, and leave gentle room around the day.
May 13 belongs to the Pineapple (パイナップル). The Pineapple is a tropical fruit whose peak runs May and Jun and Jul. Fruit words attach "welcome and shine" to the Pineapple. It is in season May and Jun and Jul. The color side of the day is Karekusairo (#E4DC8A). The color word here is "margin". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
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 May 13?
- The birth flower for May 13 is the Spiraea. Its hanakotoba include grace, dignity, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for May 13?
- The birth fish for May 13 is the Golden cuttlefish. Its fish words include pattern, thunder, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birth fruit for May 13?
- The birth fruit for May 13 is the Pineapple. Its fruit words include welcome, shine, and its peak season is May, Jun, Jul.
- What is the birthday color for May 13?
- The birthday color for May 13 is Karekusairo (#E4DC8A). It pairs with the day's flower, Spiraea.
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Color palette for Karekusairo
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#F5F2D5
oklch(95.6% 0.038 102.2)
#E4DC8A
oklch(88.3% 0.103 103.5)
base
#D3C63F
oklch(81.4% 0.150 103.7)
Analogous (±30°)
#E4AF8A
oklch(79.4% 0.080 56.2)
#E4DC8A
oklch(88.3% 0.103 103.5)
base
#BFE48A
oklch(87.2% 0.123 127.0)
Complementary (+180°)
#E4DC8A
oklch(88.3% 0.103 103.5)
#8A92E4
oklch(68.7% 0.121 278.5)
base
#D6D8F5
oklch(89.0% 0.040 282.4)
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