August 25
Birthday Color: Buff
#CAAC71 · rgb(202, 172, 113) · hsl(40, 46%, 62%) · CMYK(0,15,44,21)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
If you were born on August 25, your color Buff reads as open-hearted and sociable, with a spark that lifts the room. 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 modest saturation that settles gently. Used on a note or planner, it becomes a signature in place of your name.
Try it: An easy accent for nails and small goods that lifts the room.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of August 25
Birth star
Homam
Star words: hero's luck, winged fortune
Pegasus · ζ Peg · mag 3.41 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Dendrobium orchid
Meaning: well-matched, beauty
Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug
Birth fish
Amberstripe scad
Fish words: silver stripes, rarity
Peak: Jul, Aug
The August 25 flower is dendrobium orchid. Clusters of flat blooms line an arching cane, and each flower can hold for weeks after it opens. Its hanakotoba meanings are well-matched and beauty. Buff (#CAAC71) is the birthday color, a warm neutral whose color word is "a hearth." Peak season is June through August. An orchid that flatters the room it stands in.
Homam is the star of August 25 — ζ Pegasi, magnitude 3.41, its name from an Arabic phrase for the lucky star of the high-minded hero, long told of as a bearer of a champion's fortune. Its star words are hero's luck and winged fortune. Around midnight it reaches its highest in the south. The day's color is Buff (#CAAC71), a hearth: a winged horse's luck, and a warm leather-like tone — a day that suits the rest after the adventure.
The birthday fish for August 25 is the Amberstripe scad, said to grow firm and springy roaming warm open seas — its fish words are “silver stripes” and “rarity”. The peak season comes in July and August, at its best simply salt-grilled. Today's birth color is Buff (#CAAC71), a soft tan like the seat beside a hearth. A rare summer treat for the day's table.
For Aug 25, the birth fruit is the Plum. The Plum is a stone fruit whose peak runs Aug. Its fruit words are "depth and ease". Look for it in Aug. The color side of the day is Buff (#CAAC71). Its color word is "a hearth". Pair the season's fruit with the day's color for a small celebration.
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 25?
- The birth flower for August 25 is the Dendrobium orchid. Its hanakotoba include well-matched, beauty, and its peak season is Jun, Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fish for August 25?
- The birth fish for August 25 is the Amberstripe scad. Its fish words include silver stripes, rarity, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fruit for August 25?
- The birth fruit for August 25 is the Plum. Its fruit words include depth, ease, and its peak season is Aug.
- What is the birthday color for August 25?
- The birthday color for August 25 is Buff (#CAAC71). It pairs with the day's flower, Dendrobium orchid.
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Color palette for Buff
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#E3D3B4
oklch(87.2% 0.045 83.9)
#CAAC71
oklch(75.7% 0.084 83.6)
base
#A3803D
oklch(62.0% 0.095 81.6)
Analogous (±30°)
#CA8071
oklch(67.4% 0.095 32.1)
#CAAC71
oklch(75.7% 0.084 83.6)
base
#BBCA71
oklch(80.8% 0.115 116.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#CAAC71
oklch(75.7% 0.084 83.6)
#718FCA
oklch(65.1% 0.095 263.3)
base
#CED8ED
oklch(88.1% 0.031 265.3)
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