📖 Emojipedix

Orange Square 🟧

Added in Emoji 12 · Symbols Shapes & Colors

Codepoint U+1F7E7
Shortcode :orange_square:
Version Emoji 12

Meaning

A warm orange square sitting between red and yellow on the color spectrum. It's rendered as a bright, solid fill with a clean geometric shape—modern and minimalist in design. The exact shade varies slightly by platform, from peachy-orange to deeper tangerine tones.

The orange square is primarily used for visual organization and color-coding, appearing in note-taking apps, spreadsheets, and creative palettes. It's less tied to specific cultural meanings compared to the red square, which gives it flexibility. Some people use it to represent autumn, warmth, creativity, or energy in casual messaging. It also appears in sequences with other colored squares when users are building rainbow gradients or categorical systems.

Because orange itself carries fewer strong symbolic associations than red or green, the orange square functions mainly as a neutral color choice for practical purposes. It's popular with designers and artists discussing color theory, and occasionally pops up in themed messaging around fall holidays. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 12 in 2019, it rounds out the full color spectrum of geometric shapes now available to emoji users.

Common Uses

  • Creating color-coded organization systems
  • Representing autumn or warm tones
  • Building rainbow emoji sequences
  • Visual category marking in notes

Popular Combos

🟧🟨🟩 🟧🍂 🟧⭐

Did You Know?

Orange is the least-used colored square emoji in typical messaging, making it a secret weapon for anyone who wants a color-coded system that stands out without being as attention-grabbing as red.

Keywords

orange square

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :orange_square:
Slack :large_orange_square:
Discord :orange_square:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🟧
HTML (hex)
🟧
CSS
\1F7E7
JavaScript
\uD83D\uDFE7
Python
\U0001F7E7
Java
\uD83D\uDFE7
Perl
\x{1F7E7}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F7E7}
Punycode
xn--2rjb
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%9F%A7
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x9F 0xA7

🟧 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali কমলা বর্গক্ষেত্র
Chinese (Simplified) 橙色方块
Chinese (Traditional) 橘色方形
Danish orange kvadrat
Dutch oranje vierkant
English orange square
English (UK) orange square
Estonian oranž ruut
Finnish oranssi neliö
French carré orange
German oranges Quadrat
Hindi नारंगी रंग का वर्ग
Hungarian narancssárga négyzet
Italian quadrato arancione
Japanese オレンジの四角
Korean 오렌지색 사각형
Lithuanian oranžinis kvadratas
Malay persegi jingga
Norwegian oransje kvadrat
Polish pomarańczowy kwadrat
Portuguese quadrado laranja
Russian оранжевый квадрат
Spanish cuadrado naranja
Spanish (Mexico) cuadrado naranja
Swedish orange kvadrat
Thai สี่เหลี่ยมสีส้ม
Ukrainian оранжевий квадрат
Vietnamese hình vuông màu cam