August 23
Birthday Color: Deep Sunflower
#FEAE01 · rgb(254, 174, 1) · hsl(41, 99%, 50%) · CMYK(0,31,100,0)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
Deep Sunflower is the birthday color for August 23. In this system it belongs to a family read as friendly and grounded. Its color words point to a gift for being present: rather than filling every room, you make the room comfortable for the people in it. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. You need not live by the words — color words are an entrance, not a rule.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of August 23
Birth star
Ancha
Star words: effusion, inclination
Aquarius · θ Aqr · mag 4.17 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fish
Blue mackerel
Fish words: southern wind, independence
Peak: Aug, Sep
Rudbeckia returns on August 23 with Deep Sunflower (#FEAE01) as its birthday color; the color word is "a gift for being present." Fairness and justice remain its meanings, and August and September remain its peak. The deeper yellow makes the dark cone look almost black by contrast — a sturdier reading of the same flower.
Ancha returns on August 23, this time by connection: the stream poured from the water-bearer's jar has long been traced south to the mouth of the Southern Fish, Fomalhaut — and this magnitude 4.17 star (θ Aqr) stands near the head of that flow. Its star words are effusion and inclination. Around midnight it stands at its southern peak. The day's color is Deep Sunflower (#FEAE01), a gift for being present: an eye on the flow's source, and sunflower cheer — a day for enjoying how things circulate.
The birthday fish for August 23 is the Blue mackerel, its body scattered with sesame-like spots, a mackerel said to favor warmer seas — its fish words are “southern wind” and “independence”. The season peaks in August and September, often served cured as shime-saba or tataki-style. Today's birth color is Deep Sunflower (#FEAE01), the bright yellow of full sunlight. A southern breeze for the day's table.
The Prune (プルーン) is assigned to Aug 23. A stone fruit of the season, the Prune arrives from Aug. In fruit words, it stands for continuity and fullness. Peak season: Aug. This day's birthday color: Deep Sunflower (#FEAE01). Its color word is "a gift for being present". One fruit, one color, one 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 23?
- The birth flower for August 23 is the Rudbeckia. Its hanakotoba include fairness, justice, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fish for August 23?
- The birth fish for August 23 is the Blue mackerel. Its fish words include southern wind, independence, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fruit for August 23?
- The birth fruit for August 23 is the Prune. Its fruit words include continuity, fullness, and its peak season is Aug.
- What is the birthday color for August 23?
- The birthday color for August 23 is Deep Sunflower (#FEAE01). It pairs with the day's flower, Rudbeckia.
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Color palette for Deep Sunflower
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#FECB5C
oklch(86.7% 0.139 84.2)
#FEAE01
oklch(80.8% 0.170 75.7)
base
#A36F01
oklch(58.1% 0.122 76.3)
Analogous (±30°)
#FE3001
oklch(64.3% 0.242 32.2)
#FEAE01
oklch(80.8% 0.170 75.7)
base
#CFFE01
oklch(93.0% 0.226 122.2)
Complementary (+180°)
#FEAE01
oklch(80.8% 0.170 75.7)
#0151FE
oklch(52.6% 0.263 263.0)
base
#80A8FF
oklch(73.9% 0.134 264.6)
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