Meaning
The brown heart is a solid, warm-toned heart rendered in rich chocolate or tan brown, sitting elegantly against your message background. It's a straightforward representation of love and affection, but with earthier, more grounded vibes than the classic red.
People use the brown heart to express love and support with a focus on authenticity, groundedness, and deeper connection. You'll see it in captions celebrating chocolate, coffee, autumn aesthetics, or just showing appreciation for someone's genuine, no-nonsense character.
It pairs naturally with messages about self-love, body positivity, and cultural identity. The brown heart avoids the sometimes saccharine feel of red love hearts, making it feel more mature, real, and intentional.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 12.0 in 2019, the brown heart joined the expanded heart color palette alongside other inclusive and expressive variants.
Common Uses
- • Celebrating Black culture and beauty
- • Expressing grounded, authentic love
- • Showing appreciation for brown aesthetics or skin tones
- • Supporting someone with genuine care
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The brown heart became a rallying symbol during conversations about representation and diversity in emoji design, highlighting how color matters in digital expression.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:brown_heart: :brown_heart: :brown_heart: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🤎 |
| HTML (hex) | 🤎 |
| CSS | \1F90E |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD0E |
| Python | \U0001F90E |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD0E |
| Perl | \x{1F90E} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F90E} |
| Punycode | xn--2rri |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A4%8E |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0x8E |
🤎 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | খয়েরি হার্ট |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 棕心 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 褐心 |
| Danish | brunt hjerte |
| Dutch | bruin hart |
| English | brown heart |
| English (UK) | brown heart |
| Estonian | pruun süda |
| Finnish | ruskea sydän |
| French | cœur marron |
| German | braunes Herz |
| Hindi | भूरा दिल |
| Hungarian | barna szív |
| Italian | cuore marrone |
| Japanese | 茶色いハート |
| Korean | 갈색 하트 |
| Lithuanian | ruda širdelė |
| Malay | hati perang |
| Norwegian | brunt hjerte |
| Polish | brązowe serce |
| Portuguese | coração marrom |
| Russian | коричневое сердце |
| Spanish | corazón marrón |
| Spanish (Mexico) | corazón café |
| Swedish | brunt hjärta |
| Thai | หัวใจสีน้ำตาล |
| Ukrainian | коричневе серце |
| Vietnamese | trái tim màu nâu |