The thumbs up: dark skin tone is the internet’s instant stamp of approval—your digital nod, fist-bump, and “say less” all rolled into one. It’s the go-to for agreement, gratitude, or closing the chat with a polite mic drop, and yes, it can absolutely read as passive-aggressive when you reply to a five-paragraph rant with a single, stoic thumbs up. You’ll see it everywhere: Slack reactions, IG comments, family group chats where an aunt confirms “got it” without typing a word, and those quick “bet/valid/gg” moments that don’t need more punctuation. The skin tone adds representation and personality, letting people match their vibe and identity while keeping the message crisp and clear.
On Apple/iOS, this emoji is a right hand with fingers curled into the palm and the thumb standing tall, shown in a deep brown gradient with soft shading and rounded edges. The perspective feels slightly three-quarter with the knuckles subtly defined—no sleeve, no accessories, just clean Apple minimalism and a tiny drop shadow that makes it pop. It signals encouragement, “like button” energy, or a tidy acknowledgment after instructions—sometimes warmly supportive, sometimes dryly sarcastic depending on context and timing. In meme culture, a lone thumbs up can be the ultimate “cool story bro,” the diplomatic “K,” or the office-friendly “received.” And while the gesture is widely positive, people sometimes remember that thumbs-up meanings can vary by culture—so tone, timing, and your audience matter.
The Thumbs Up Sign emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2180 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: | Black Thumbs Up Sign |
| 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) | 1f44d, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F44D, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128077, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 8D, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 215, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC4D, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc4d, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56397, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F44D 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F44D, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128077, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F44D\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x8d\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC4D\uD83C\uDFFF" |
