September 14
Birthday Color: Tan
#BF783E · rgb(191, 120, 62) · hsl(27, 51%, 50%) · CMYK(0,37,68,25)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
Tan, the color given to September 14, is friendly and grounded. Its color words point to the right hour: you read when effort has ripened, and hand it over at its best. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Blend two birthday colors and you get a memorial color unique to that pair.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of September 14
Birth star
Caph
Star words: beckoning, welcome
Cassiopeia · β Cas · mag 2.28 — Circumpolar — up all night in the northern sky, highest around midnight
Birth fruit
Dragon fruit
Fruit words: adventure, protection
Peak: Aug, Sep
September 14 belongs to canna. Its broad leaves and upright flower clusters keep a strong vertical line even as other plants collapse. Passion and cheerful are the hanakotoba meanings. Tan (#BF783E) is the birthday color, with the color word "the right hour." August and September are its peak. Bold foliage, low light, one warm hour.
At the right-hand tip of Cassiopeia's W sits Caph, Beta Cassiopeiae, the second-magnitude white star of September 14. Its name is Arabic for 'the palm' — the figure was once read as an upraised hand. Its star words are beckoning and welcome. At midnight it twinkles high in the south, as if waving you over. Your birth color is Tan (#BF783E), the shade of sun-cured leather, whose color word is in season — warmth that arrives right on time.
September 14's birth fish is the Young amberjack, one of the names a yellowtail carries as it grows — a fish whose title changes with age. Fish words: “youth” and “potential”. Peak season: August and September. The birth color of the day is Tan (#BF783E), a warm earthen brown. Layer it with unformed promise at the day's table.
Sep 14 belongs to the Dragon fruit (ドラゴンフルーツ). Aug and Sep is when this tropical fruit tastes its best. Fruit words attach "adventure and protection" to the Dragon fruit. It is in season Aug and Sep. The birthday color for this date is Tan (#BF783E). The color word here is "the right hour". The day pairs the season's fruit with its own color.
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 September 14?
- The birth flower for September 14 is the Canna. Its hanakotoba include passion, cheerful, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fish for September 14?
- The birth fish for September 14 is the Young amberjack. Its fish words include youth, potential, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fruit for September 14?
- The birth fruit for September 14 is the Dragon fruit. Its fruit words include adventure, protection, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birthday color for September 14?
- The birthday color for September 14 is Tan (#BF783E). It pairs with the day's flower, Canna.
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Color palette for Tan
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#D7A882
oklch(76.6% 0.076 60.3)
#BF783E
oklch(63.7% 0.115 57.8)
base
#7A4C28
oklch(46.2% 0.080 57.0)
Analogous (±30°)
#BF3E45
oklch(55.1% 0.165 21.4)
#BF783E
oklch(63.7% 0.115 57.8)
base
#BFB93E
oklch(76.8% 0.141 106.5)
Complementary (+180°)
#BF783E
oklch(63.7% 0.115 57.8)
#3E85BF
oklch(59.7% 0.114 246.0)
base
#9DC2DF
oklch(79.7% 0.057 242.0)
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