The old man: light skin tone is the grandpa of your keyboard—aka 👴🏻—radiating warm, gentle "been around the block" energy. On Apple/iOS, he’s a friendly, bald-on-top elder with soft gray hair hugging the sides, matching brows, and a mild smile in a simple, front-facing bust. No hat, no beard, no props—just wholesome, approachable wisdom rendered in Apple’s smooth, slightly glossy style. Colors are calm and classic: pale skin, silver‑gray hair, dark pupils, and a neutral shirt tone, all within a clean, rounded silhouette. You’ll spot him instantly by that shiny dome and kind eyes.
People drop this guy to channel grandparent vibes, launch a “back in my day” story, or roast a friend for a prehistoric take—cue the “OK boomer” replies. He doubles as shorthand for wisdom, patience, and dad‑joke supremacy, but also sarcasm when someone double‑spaces after periods or types “LOL.” with a period. In memes, he’s the stand‑in for “old man yelling at cloud,” retirement‑mode zen, or the pal who considers 9 p.m. “past bedtime.” Flirtatiously, it can hint at silver‑fox energy, but mostly it’s granddad‑core: Werther’s Originals, lawn advice, and tales from the pre‑Wi‑Fi era. On socials, pair it with an hourglass for dramatic aging, a laptop for “help, technology,” or a cane/rocking chair for classic grandpa aesthetics. Use it earnestly for family chats about Pops, or ironically when your playlist escapes TikTok and lands squarely in classic rock.
The Older Man emoji combined with the White flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the white skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1984 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | White Older Man |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👴🏻 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👴🏻 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👴 🏻 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👴 🏻 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f474, 1f3fb |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F474, U+1F3FB |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128116, 127995 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB4, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBB |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 B4, F0 9F 8F BB |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 264, 360 237 217 273 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC74, 0xD83C 0xDFFB |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc74, d83cdffb |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56436, 55356 57339 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F474 0x0001F3FB |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F474, 01F3FB |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128116, 127995 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F474\U0001F3FB" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xb4\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbb" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC74\uD83C\uDFFB" |
