Yellow heart Emoji

Smileys

A bright, saturated yellow heart graphic. Unlike the traditional red heart ❤️, this variation signals lighthearted joy, friendship, or a sunny disposition without the weight of romantic commitment.

Usage Context

Frequently used to represent platonic love, loyalty, or a positive vibe. On platforms like Snapchat, the yellow heart is a specific notification icon indicating that two users are 'Besties' who send the most messages to each other. It pairs well with other colorful hearts like 💚 or 💙 to create a vibrant, multi-colored display of support.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, the yellow heart was introduced to expand the emotional range of color-coded heart icons. It gained massive popularity during the rise of social media apps that used color-coded status indicators to track user engagement and relationship closeness.

Details

Glyph

💛

Unicode

U+1F49B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f49b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC9B;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory heart

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.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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