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
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory heart
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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