September 15
Birthday Color: Kashhoku
#8A3B00 · rgb(138, 59, 0) · hsl(26, 100%, 27%) · CMYK(0,57,100,46)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
Kashhoku is the birthday color for September 15. In this system it belongs to a family read as easy to warm to, with a voice that lifts. Its color words point to the center of the circle: you watch the edge of the group so no one is left outside. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of September 15
Birth star
Alpheratz
Star words: heritage, linkage
Andromeda · α And · mag 2.07 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Blanket flower
Meaning: cooperation, unity
Peak: Jul, Aug, Sep
Blanket flower returns on September 15. Kashhoku (#8A3B00) stands as the birthday color, and its color word is "the center of the circle." Cooperation and unity remain its meanings; July through September remains its peak. The burnt orange is more subdued than its August pairing, and it makes the banded petals look weathered rather than bright.
The seam star returns: September 15 belongs again to Alpheratz, Alpha Andromedae. The 13th traced its bridge between constellations; tonight looks inward — Alpheratz is a binary with an unseen companion, and a star of peculiar chemistry. Its star words are heritage and linkage. Around midnight it gleams blue-white at the southern peak. Your birth color is Kashhoku (#8A3B00), a baked-earth brown whose color word is the center of the ring — the strength of a knot held from within.
September 15's birth fish is the Greater amberjack, prized for the balance of firm flesh and measured fat. Fish words: “growth” and “mentor”. Both farmed and wild fish are familiar on the table. Peak season: August and September. The birth color of the day is Kashhoku (#8A3B00), a deep roasted brown. Add it to a table of steady, ongoing growth.
The Pione grape (ピオーネ) is assigned to Sep 15. A berry of the season, the Pione grape arrives from Sep. In fruit words, it stands for pioneering and mellow. Peak season: Sep. This day's birthday color: Kashhoku (#8A3B00). Its color word is "the center of the circle". 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 September 15?
- The birth flower for September 15 is the Blanket flower. Its hanakotoba include cooperation, unity, and its peak season is Jul, Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fish for September 15?
- The birth fish for September 15 is the Greater amberjack. Its fish words include growth, mentor, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fruit for September 15?
- The birth fruit for September 15 is the Pione grape. Its fruit words include pioneering, mellow, and its peak season is Sep.
- What is the birthday color for September 15?
- The birthday color for September 15 is Kashhoku (#8A3B00). It pairs with the day's flower, Blanket flower.
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Color palette for Kashhoku
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#E66200
oklch(65.3% 0.184 45.9)
#8A3B00
oklch(45.2% 0.123 48.0)
base
#2E1400
oklch(22.5% 0.054 57.6)
Analogous (±30°)
#8A000A
oklch(39.8% 0.162 27.1)
#8A3B00
oklch(45.2% 0.123 48.0)
base
#8A8000
oklch(59.0% 0.125 104.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#8A3B00
oklch(45.2% 0.123 48.0)
#004F8A
oklch(42.0% 0.118 249.6)
base
#0A96FF
oklch(66.3% 0.186 250.2)
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