Light Bulb

The light-bulb icon represents a light bulb or an idea, often used to signify inspiration or innovation. It is commonly used in user interfaces to indicate creativity or insight. The icon's design typically features a stylized light bulb with a glowing filament, indicating a burst of ideas.

In software and digital platforms, the light-bulb icon appears in various applications, such as brainstorming tools, mind mapping software, and collaborative platforms. For instance, in brainstorming tools, this icon might be used to represent a new idea or a suggestion. In UX design, the icon helps users understand the functionality of a feature or a button, making it easier for them to interact with the interface.

From a UX perspective, the light-bulb icon communicates the idea of inspiration and creativity. It implies that users can generate new ideas or explore different perspectives. This icon also helps users understand the context of a feature or a button, making it an essential component in designing intuitive interfaces.

Light Bulb is one of 1,262 icons in Emoji One (v1), made by Emoji One and released under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is drawn on a 64 × 64 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds LightBulbIcon to components/icons/emojione-v1-light-bulb.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed LightBulbIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Light Bulb icon, or any of 1,262 Emoji One (v1) icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's multicolor, so it keeps its own colors.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 64 × 64 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It keeps its own colors in light and dark mode, so check it against both backgrounds. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Light Bulb", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. LightBulbIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <LightBulbIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Yes, with conditions: CC BY-SA 4.0 asks you to credit the author (Emoji One), and icons you change must use the same license. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Yes. CC BY-SA 4.0 asks you to credit Emoji One, and icons you change must be shared under the same license.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

8 other libraries draw an icon called Light Bulb. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.

Its tags are UI, interface, UX, creativity, inspiration and idea. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Light Bulb in another set.