May 26
Birthday Color: Marigold Yellow
#F9CC77 · rgb(249, 204, 119) · hsl(39, 92%, 72%) · CMYK(0,18,52,2)
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Zodiac: Gemini ♊
Color words & personality
Marigold Yellow, the color given to May 26, is friendly and grounded. 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 well-measured, settled saturation. Rather than testing whether it fits, keep it as a phrase worth remembering.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of May 26
Birth star
Yed Prior
Star words: reaching hand, grasp
Ophiuchus · δ Oph · mag 2.73 — Culminates around midnight
Dogwood is the tree for May 26, one of several tree entries in a month that mostly lists flowers. Hanakotoba meanings are returning a favor and durability. Peak season is April to May. The birthday color is Marigold Yellow (#F9CC77), a warm golden yellow whose color word is "a hearth." A tree of repayment, standing in front of a fire-colored light.
May 26 belongs to Yed Prior, whose name stitches the Arabic for 'hand' to the Latin for 'forward': the leading hand of Ophiuchus, the one out front grasping the serpent. Its star words are reaching hand and grasp. Near midnight it glows highest in the south. The birthday color is Marigold Yellow (#F9CC77), hearth: an outstretched hand and a fireside glow — the warmth of welcome is lit in both the star and the color.
The birthday fish for May 26 is the Golden cuttlefish, carrying the words “pattern” and “thunder”. Sweet the more you chew, it suits simmering, and in tempura it plays firm flesh against light batter. Its peak seasons are May and June. The birth color of the day is Marigold Yellow #F9CC77, warm as a hearth. Welcome it as the quiet centerpiece of tonight's table.
The birth fruit for May 26 is the Hyuganatsu (日向夏). Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Apr and May. The fruit words for this date read "beginnings and softness". Apr and May is its season. Its date also carries the birthday color Marigold Yellow (#F9CC77). The color word here 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 May 26?
- The birth flower for May 26 is the Dogwood. Its hanakotoba include returning a favor, durability, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for May 26?
- The birth fish for May 26 is the Golden cuttlefish. Its fish words include pattern, thunder, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birth fruit for May 26?
- The birth fruit for May 26 is the Hyuganatsu. Its fruit words include beginnings, softness, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birthday color for May 26?
- The birthday color for May 26 is Marigold Yellow (#F9CC77). It pairs with the day's flower, Dogwood.
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Color palette for Marigold Yellow
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FDEDCF
oklch(95.1% 0.043 83.2)
#F9CC77
oklch(86.7% 0.115 82.1)
base
#F5AB1F
oklch(79.3% 0.160 76.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#F98B77
oklch(75.2% 0.138 31.4)
#F9CC77
oklch(86.7% 0.115 82.1)
base
#E5F977
oklch(94.2% 0.156 116.8)
Complementary (+180°)
#F9CC77
oklch(86.7% 0.115 82.1)
#77A4F9
oklch(72.2% 0.134 262.3)
base
#CEDEFD
oklch(89.8% 0.046 263.7)
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