Brown heart emoji 🤎
🤎 is the brown heart, added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). It carries three meanings. First, warm, earthy comfort: coffee, chocolate, autumn, cosy things.
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What the brown heart 🤎 emoji means
🤎 is the brown heart, added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). It carries three meanings. First, warm, earthy comfort: coffee, chocolate, autumn, cosy things. Second, pride and love for brown skin — it was requested for years so that the heart set would include a colour representing Black and brown people, and it is widely used that way. Third, in a group of coloured hearts it is simply the brown one, chosen to match an outfit or a brand. From a guy or a girl it is affectionate and grounded, less charged than red. The rest of the colour code is on the heart emoji guide.
Unicode name: brown heart · U+1F90E · Emoji 12.0 (2019) · group: Smileys & Emotion.
How people use it
- Cosy: coffee, chocolate, autumn, earth tones
- Skin-tone pride: celebrating brown and Black beauty
- Grounded affection: steady, low-drama love
- Matching: brown outfits, pets, brand colours
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| brown heartU+1F90E | Cosy, earthy, brown-skin pride | ||
| orange heartU+1F9E1 | Warm, friendly | ||
| black heartU+1F5A4 | Dark aesthetic, grief | ||
| hot beverageU+2615 | Coffee | ||
| thumbs up: medium-dark skin toneU+1F44D U+1F3FE | Thumbs up, medium-dark skin | A toned gesture |
Brown heart vs hand heart emoji
The brown heart emoji 🤎 is a solid brown heart, not a hand gesture. If you were looking for a heart made with hands, the closest options are the heart hands emoji 🫶 and the finger heart emoji 🫰, which show hands forming a heart shape. They are separate symbols with their own meanings.
When you see 🤎 in a message, it usually stands for warmth, comfort or a down-to-earth kind of affection. The hand heart emojis are more about the gesture itself — a way to say “love you” or “thank you” without words.
Questions people ask
What does 🤎 mean from a guy?
Warm, steady affection — or, if he is Black or brown, pride in that identity. It rarely signals intense romance on its own.
What does the brown heart mean?
Comfort and earthiness (coffee, chocolate, autumn), pride in brown skin, or just the colour brown in a set of hearts.
When was the brown heart added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019, together with 🤍 white heart.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
