Safety vest Emoji

Objects

A bright yellow, high-visibility vest featuring silver reflective stripes across the chest and shoulders. It is a standard piece of protective gear used to ensure people remain easily seen in dark or hazardous work environments.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal road work, construction sites, or general caution. It often appears in messages regarding personal safety, shift work, or when someone is literally or figuratively 'gearing up' for a difficult task. It pairs well with other work-related icons like 🏗️ or 🚧.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019, this emoji was introduced as part of a push to include more professional equipment and protective clothing within the digital lexicon, reflecting the increasing global demand for safety imagery in modern messaging.

Details

Glyph

🦺

Unicode

U+1F9BA

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9ba:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDBA;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory clothing

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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