May 15
Birthday Color: Colonial Yellow
#D0C67C · rgb(208, 198, 124) · hsl(53, 47%, 65%) · CMYK(0,5,40,18)
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Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of May 15, Colonial Yellow behaves like honest and direct. Its color words point to clarity: you can name what others only feel, and the naming itself brings relief. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Talk with someone who shares this color; the common ground tends to appear.
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 15
Birth star
Nusakan
Star words: double row, coronet
Corona Borealis · β CrB · mag 3.90 — Culminates around midnight
Kerria appears again on May 15. Hanakotoba meanings are still elegance and nobility, but the date's color shifts the mood. It peaks across April and May. The birthday color is Colonial Yellow (#D0C67C), a softly faded yellow whose color word is "clarity." The same flower, seen in a clearer light: less ceremonial, more legible.
Born on May 15? Your star is Nusakan, in the Northern Crown. The name comes from the Arabic for 'the two lines,' and the star itself is a close pair keeping step in the jeweled arc. Its star words are double row and coronet. Around midnight the Crown rides high in the south. The birthday color is Colonial Yellow (#D0C67C), clarity: an orderly row of gems, and an unclouded yellow — a quiet toast to seeing things in clean lines.
The birthday fish for May 15 is the Crucian carp, remembered in the words “detachment” and “resilience”. It endures still waters and slow seasons, keeping a low, unhurried profile in quiet ponds. Its peak seasons are May and October. The birth color of the day is Colonial Yellow #D0C67C, a settled yellow with clarity. Let one calm plate recall the stillness of water.
May 15 belongs to the Cherry (さくらんぼ). May and Jun is when this stone fruit tastes its best. The fruit words for this date read "small joy and fleeting moment". May and Jun is its season. The birthday color for this date is Colonial Yellow (#D0C67C). The color word here is "clarity". 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 15?
- The birth flower for May 15 is the Kerria. Its hanakotoba include elegance, nobility, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for May 15?
- The birth fish for May 15 is the Crucian carp. Its fish words include detachment, resilience, and its peak season is May, Oct.
- What is the birth fruit for May 15?
- The birth fruit for May 15 is the Cherry. Its fruit words include small joy, fleeting moment, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birthday color for May 15?
- The birthday color for May 15 is Colonial Yellow (#D0C67C). It pairs with the day's flower, Kerria.
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Color palette for Colonial Yellow
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#E8E3C0
oklch(91.1% 0.046 100.5)
#D0C67C
oklch(81.8% 0.095 101.6)
base
#B1A33F
oklch(70.8% 0.121 101.3)
Analogous (±30°)
#D09C7C
oklch(73.4% 0.076 52.8)
#D0C67C
oklch(81.8% 0.095 101.6)
base
#B0D07C
oklch(81.5% 0.115 125.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#D0C67C
oklch(81.8% 0.095 101.6)
#7C86D0
oklch(64.3% 0.111 276.9)
base
#D9DCF2
oklch(89.9% 0.030 279.6)
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