August 16
Birthday Color: Light Cream
#FFFA9C · rgb(255, 250, 156) · hsl(57, 100%, 81%) · CMYK(0,2,39,0)
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Zodiac: Leo ♌
Color words & personality
Light Cream, the color given to August 16, is cheerful and curious. Its color words point to a finder's eye: you notice unnamed goodness early and lend it a name. 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 August 16
Birth star
Deneb Algedi
Star words: cadence, ebb and flow
Capricornus · δ Cap · mag 2.85 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fruit
Japanese pear
Fruit words: juiciness, sincerity
Peak: Aug, Sep
Casablanca lily gives August 16 its flower. Wide white petals with a faint pink flush open on a tall stem and carry a strong scent at night. Its hanakotoba meanings are noble and purity. Light Cream (#FFFA9C) is the birthday color, whose color word is "a finder's eye." It peaks in July and August. Almost-white flower, almost-yellow light.
Deneb Algedi returns on August 16 — and the summer sky holds two stars named for a tail: Deneb at the swan's, and this one at the sea-goat's, a magnitude 2.85 light (δ Cap) illuminating the very point where goat becomes fish. Its star words are cadence and ebb and flow. Around midnight it gleams at its highest in the south. The day's color is Light Cream (#FFFA9C), a finder's eye: an eye that finds the boundary, and a soft cream color — a day with discovery in it.
The birthday fish for August 16 is the Bigeye scad, named for its large eyes and known for traveling in gleaming schools — its fish words are “island” and “summer”. The season peaks in July and August, often served tataki-style or as dried fish. Today's birth color is Light Cream (#FFFA9C), a gentle yellow like a finder's eye. A memory of island summers for the day's table.
For Aug 16, the birth fruit is the Japanese pear. Aug and Sep is when this pome fruit tastes its best. Its fruit words are "juiciness and sincerity". Look for it in Aug and Sep. The birthday color for this date is Light Cream (#FFFA9C). Its color word is "a finder's eye". 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 August 16?
- The birth flower for August 16 is the Casablanca lily. Its hanakotoba include noble, purity, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fish for August 16?
- The birth fish for August 16 is the Bigeye scad. Its fish words include island, summer, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fruit for August 16?
- The birth fruit for August 16 is the Japanese pear. Its fruit words include juiciness, sincerity, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birthday color for August 16?
- The birthday color for August 16 is Light Cream (#FFFA9C). It pairs with the day's flower, Casablanca lily.
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Color palette for Light Cream
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FFFDD6
oklch(98.6% 0.050 104.9)
#FFFA9C
oklch(96.9% 0.116 105.7)
base
#FFF540
oklch(94.9% 0.186 106.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#FFC89C
oklch(87.1% 0.085 60.0)
#FFFA9C
oklch(96.9% 0.116 105.7)
base
#D2FF9C
oklch(94.6% 0.134 128.6)
Complementary (+180°)
#FFFA9C
oklch(96.9% 0.116 105.7)
#9CA1FF
oklch(74.3% 0.135 280.3)
base
#CCCFFF
oklch(86.8% 0.066 282.1)
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