Two palms out, zero threat, maximum warmth—open hands: dark skin tone is the digital equivalent of saying “you’re safe with me” or “here, take this.” It vibes as a gentle hug, an offering, or a respectful “I’m open to your thoughts,” and it’s also clutch for handing over tea, advice, or a peace offering in the group chat. People use it earnestly for comfort and support, and playfully for meme moments like “behold… my drama” or “here’s my hot take, handle with care.” It can read flirty (“come here”), diplomatic (“no harm intended”), or hilariously resigned (“I got nothing left, fam”). Bonus: it’s often confused with raising hands, but this one isn’t a celebration—more like a calm, welcoming ta‑da.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot two forward-facing palms, slightly cupped, thumbs flared outward, with rounded fingertips and crisp crease lines—the dark brown skin tone shows a rich gradient and soft 3D shading, no sleeves, straight-on perspective, perfectly symmetrical. It looks like you’re offering to catch something precious—or present something with reverence—which is why it pairs beautifully with sparkles, hearts, gift boxes, or even a fresh loaf emoji for that “breaking bread” energy. On social feeds it lands under wholesome posts to signal care, and under thirst traps to jokingly say “I receive.” Used sarcastically, it’s the universal “here you go, universe” when you surrender to chaos, or the polite “hands where we can see ’em” in chaotic group chats.
The Open Hands Sign emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2175 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: | Black 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, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F450, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128080, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x90, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 90, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 220, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC50, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc50, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56400, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F450 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F450, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128080, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F450\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x90\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC50\uD83C\uDFFF" |
