Smiling Face With Hearts

A yellow face emoji with closed smiling eyes, a soft closed-mouth smile, and three or more hearts floating around the face, giving it a warm and affectionate appearance.

The Smiling Face With Hearts emoji is used to express love, affection, happiness, and emotional warmth. It often represents being surrounded by love—whether romantic, platonic, or self-love.

This emoji is commonly used when you feel overwhelmed with positive emotion, such as appreciation, admiration, or emotional connection.

Typical use cases include:

• Expressing gratitude or deep emotional affection
• Reacting to a sweet gesture, cute photo, or compliment
• Sharing romantic feelings or appreciation for loved ones
• Capturing a moment of being “in love with life”

While it’s a wholesome and loving emoji, its tone can shift based on context—from tender and sincere to excited and enthusiastic.

Because of its visual warmth, it’s generally interpreted positively across all generations, and is especially popular in DMs, Instagram captions, and messages of support.