The old man: medium skin tone emoji (👴🏽) brings instant grandpa energy—think warm wisdom, corny jokes, and the occasional "back in my day" monologue. It’s perfect for playfully dragging a friend who complains about their back after one workout or announces bedtime at 9 p.m. sharp. People use it for gentle self-roasts when turning 30 feels like 80, to punctuate nostalgic rants, or to add a wink to the whole “OK boomer” discourse without getting hostile. It also pops up in family chats when talking about abuelo, granddad plans, or sharing wholesome throwback photos.
On Apple/iOS, this emoji is a front-facing head-and-shoulders portrait: smooth bald dome up top, gray hair hugging the sides, calm eyes, and a soft, friendly smile. The medium skin tone gives it a warm brown complexion, with Apple’s clean gradients and rounded features that make it look approachable and kind. No hat, no glasses, no props—just a serene, slightly wise face that says story time incoming. It often fuels memes like “old man yells at cloud,” signals sage advice mode, or adds a cozy, retirement-vibes flourish to your text.
Use it sarcastically when you’re gatekeeping music from 2012 like it’s ancient, or earnestly when you’re feeling tender about elders and traditions. Whether you’re channeling mentor vibes, joking about creaky knees, or announcing that you’ve graduated from nightlife to night-in life, 👴🏽 nails the mood with grandpa-level charm.
The Older Man emoji combined with the Olive Toned flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the olive toned skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3584 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Olive Toned Older Man |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
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| 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, 1f3fd |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F474, U+1F3FD |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128116, 127997 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB4, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 B4, F0 9F 8F BD |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 264, 360 237 217 275 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC74, 0xD83C 0xDFFD |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc74, d83cdffd |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56436, 55356 57341 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F474 0x0001F3FD |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F474, 01F3FD |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128116, 127997 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F474\U0001F3FD" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xb4\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC74\uD83C\uDFFD" |