What does 🟨 Yellow Square mean?
A solid yellow square, best known in two places: the referee’s yellow card for a warning, and shared Wordle results, where it marks a letter that is in the word but in the wrong spot. In chats it can mean “consider this your warning”. It also helps with pixel art, highlights and colour-coded schedules.
🟨 Yellow Square is an emoji from the Symbols category (geometric shapes), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about card and penalty.
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🟨 Yellow Square on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Yellow Square looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Yellow Square emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🟨 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :large_yellow_square:.
When was the Yellow Square emoji added?
🟨 Yellow Square was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🟨 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Yellow Square. The underlying code (U+1F7E8) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.