August 18
Birthday Color: Koujiiro
#F6AD49 · rgb(246, 173, 73) · hsl(35, 91%, 63%) · CMYK(0,30,70,4)
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Zodiac: Leo ♌
Color words & personality
Koujiiro is the birthday color for August 18. In this system it belongs to a family read as practical and warm. Its color words point to harvest: you know how to turn a season of effort into something people can actually taste and share. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. Telling someone "the color of my birthday" alone moves the conversation one step forward.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of August 18
Birth star
Kurhah
Star words: white blaze, royal mark
Cepheus · ξ Cep · mag 4.26 — Circumpolar — up all night in the northern sky, highest around midnight
Birth flower
Coreopsis
Meaning: always cheerful, good taste
Peak: Jul, Aug
August 18 belongs to coreopsis. Simple daisy flowers in warm yellow sit on fine stems and keep blooming if they are cut back. Hanakotoba meanings are always cheerful and good taste. The birthday color is Koujiiro (#F6AD49), whose color word is "harvest." Peak season is July and August. A field flower with a color borrowed from the grain beside it.
Kurhah in Cepheus (ξ Cep) takes August 18, at magnitude 4.26. Its name is the Arabic for the white blaze on a horse's forehead — in the king's constellation, it inherits the name of a mark on a fine steed's brow; modest in brightness, sure in presence. Its star words are white blaze and royal mark. Around midnight it climbs to its highest in the south. The day's color is Koujiiro (#F6AD49), harvest: a royal mark and the orange of ripening fruit — pride and harvest overlapping in one day.
The birthday fish for August 18 is the Mahi-mahi, a fast swimmer sometimes likened to lightning as it leaps and runs across the surface — its fish words are “lightning” and “sprint”. The season peaks in August, often enjoyed salt-grilled or fried in the tatsuta style. Today's birth color is Koujiiro (#F6AD49), the orange of harvest. The very middle of a sprinting summer, brought to the day's table.
If you were born on Aug 18, your birth fruit is the Raspberry. Market stalls fill with this berry around Jul and Aug. The fruit words for this date read "heartbeat and tender care". Jul and Aug is its season. Its date also carries the birthday color Koujiiro (#F6AD49). The color word here is "harvest". 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 August 18?
- The birth flower for August 18 is the Coreopsis. Its hanakotoba include always cheerful, good taste, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fish for August 18?
- The birth fish for August 18 is the Mahi-mahi. Its fish words include lightning, sprint, and its peak season is Aug.
- What is the birth fruit for August 18?
- The birth fruit for August 18 is the Raspberry. Its fruit words include heartbeat, tender care, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birthday color for August 18?
- The birthday color for August 18 is Koujiiro (#F6AD49). It pairs with the day's flower, Coreopsis.
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Color palette for Koujiiro
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FAD4A0
oklch(89.0% 0.079 75.2)
#F6AD49
oklch(80.0% 0.142 71.5)
base
#D8820B
oklch(68.3% 0.151 64.7)
Analogous (±30°)
#F65649
oklch(66.7% 0.198 28.2)
#F6AD49
oklch(80.0% 0.142 71.5)
base
#E9F649
oklch(93.4% 0.187 113.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#F6AD49
oklch(80.0% 0.142 71.5)
#4992F6
oklch(66.2% 0.166 257.0)
base
#C2DBFC
oklch(88.4% 0.053 255.4)
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