Yellow square Emoji
Symbols
A flat, vibrant yellow square with rounded edges. It acts as a primary geometric shape used for color-coding, highlighting text, or representing a solid block of color.
Usage Context
Frequently used in sports contexts to signify a caution or penalty, mirroring the physical cards shown by referees. Beyond sports, it is often deployed to add a splash of color to messages or to draw attention to specific lines of text. It is frequently paired with other colors like 🟥 or 🟦 to create patterns or emphasize importance.
History
Added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019, this emoji was part of a larger push to include a full spectrum of colored geometric shapes. These were designed to provide users with a flexible set of tools for labeling content or creating visual indicators in apps that lack custom tagging features.
Details
Glyph
🟨
Unicode
U+1F7E8
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f7e8:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Symbols
Subcategory geometric
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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