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Brown Square 🟫

Added in Emoji 12 · Symbols Shapes & Colors

Codepoint U+1F7EB
Shortcode :brown_square:
Version Emoji 12

Meaning

A solid, earthy brown square that brings warm, natural tones to your palette of geometric shapes. The brown shade sits somewhere between tan and dark chocolate, giving it versatility for both neutral and accent purposes.

While less flashy than brighter colored squares, brown gets deployed for representing earth tones, autumn vibes, chocolate, or coffee themes. It's handy for organizing messages where you need a muted, serious, or natural aesthetic. Some use it as a simple visual marker when discussing topics related to nature, wood, or earth elements.

The brown square works well in creative contexts like color swatches, mood boards, or design discussions. It can also function as a stand-in for chocolate, coffee, or wholesome, grounded energy. Since brown isn't as attention-grabbing as neons, it makes a good choice for minimalist design or when you want something subtle and understated.

Introduced alongside the full colored square spectrum in Unicode Emoji 12.0 (2019), brown filled out the geometric palette with one of the few 'neutral' color options, making it especially useful for those who prefer earthy aesthetics over vibrant ones.

Common Uses

  • Representing earth tones, nature, or fall vibes
  • Marking chocolate or coffee-related content
  • Creating muted, minimalist visual breaks
  • Using in design and color palette discussions

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

Brown was one of the later additions to the colored square family, making it one of the most recent geometric shapes—some users still don't realize it exists alongside its more popular color cousins.

Keywords

brown square

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :brown_square:
Slack :large_brown_square:
Discord :brown_square:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🟫
HTML (hex)
🟫
CSS
\1F7EB
JavaScript
\uD83D\uDFEB
Python
\U0001F7EB
Java
\uD83D\uDFEB
Perl
\x{1F7EB}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F7EB}
Punycode
xn--2rjf
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%9F%AB
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x9F 0xAB

🟫 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali খয়েরি বর্গক্ষেত্র
Chinese (Simplified) 棕色方块
Chinese (Traditional) 褐色方形
Danish brunt kvadrat
Dutch bruin vierkant
English brown square
English (UK) brown square
Estonian pruun ruut
Finnish ruskea neliö
French carré marron
German braunes Quadrat
Hindi भूरा वर्ग
Hungarian barna négyzet
Italian quadrato marrone
Japanese 茶色い四角
Korean 갈색 사각형
Lithuanian rudas kvadratas
Malay persegi perang
Norwegian brunt kvadrat
Polish brązowy kwadrat
Portuguese quadrado marrom
Russian коричневый квадрат
Spanish cuadrado marrón
Spanish (Mexico) cuadrado café
Swedish brun kvadrat
Thai สี่เหลี่ยมสีน้ำตาล
Ukrainian коричневий квадрат
Vietnamese hình vuông màu nâu