The open hands: medium-light skin tone emoji is the universal “no threats, only vibes” gesture—palms forward, fingers relaxed, offering comfort, welcome, or a gentle “here you go.” It reads as a digital hug, an invitation to receive help, or the classic gimme-hands when you’re begging for snacks, life advice, or the aux cord. People use it earnestly for support, and ironically to say “I tried, okay?” or “I come in peace” after dropping a spicy take.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot two slightly cupped hands in a soft medium‑light peach tone, with clean shading, subtle palm creases, and evenly spaced fingers; thumbs angle outward, and the wrists fade with no sleeves, giving a tidy, 3D, studio-lit look. It’s often paired with sparkle or heart emojis to amplify the warm, welcoming energy, or used theatrically as jazz hands for a ta‑da reveal. In meme culture, it doubles as “grabby hands” (I want it), a flirty “come here,” or a dramatic “I surrender to the chaos” moment. Not to be confused with praise hands (🙌) or a high five—this one’s about openness, offering, and that wholesome, palms-up sincerity.
The Open Hands Sign emoji combined with the Light Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the light brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3415 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: | Light Brown Open Hands 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) | 1f450, 1f3fc |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F450, U+1F3FC |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128080, 127996 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x90, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 90, F0 9F 8F BC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 220, 360 237 217 274 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC50, 0xD83C 0xDFFC |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc50, d83cdffc |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56400, 55356 57340 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F450 0x0001F3FC |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F450, 01F3FC |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128080, 127996 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F450\U0001F3FC" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x90\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbc" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC50\uD83C\uDFFC" |
