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 Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory heart

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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