diff --git a/src/app/messages/setup/page.tsx b/src/app/messages/setup/page.tsx
index 3c4e167f..487d2e62 100644
--- a/src/app/messages/setup/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/messages/setup/page.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useAuth } from '@/contexts/AuthContext';
 import { isOAuthUser, getOAuthProvider } from '@/lib/auth/oauth-utils';
 import { sendWelcomeMessageOnSetup } from '@/lib/messaging/welcome/send-welcome-message';
 import { createLogger } from '@/lib/logger/logger';
+import Icon from '@/components/atomic/Icon';
 
 const logger = createLogger('app:messages:setup');
 
@@ -264,7 +265,10 @@ export default function MessagingSetupPage() {
                   className="btn btn-ghost btn-sm absolute top-1/2 right-1 -translate-y-1/2"
                   aria-label={showPassword ? 'Hide password' : 'Show password'}
                 >
-                  {showPassword ? '👁️' : '👁️‍🗨️'}
+                  {/* Decorative (#385): the button's aria-label already
+                      says Show/Hide password, and the two emoji were nearly
+                      indistinguishable at button size. */}
+                  <Icon name={showPassword ? 'eye-off' : 'eye'} decorative />
                 </button>
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/app/schedule/page.tsx b/src/app/schedule/page.tsx
index c1607d6f..8ea5e256 100644
--- a/src/app/schedule/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/schedule/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import dynamic from 'next/dynamic';
+import Icon from '@/components/atomic/Icon';
 
 const CalendarEmbed = dynamic(
   () => import('@/components/atomic/CalendarEmbed'),
@@ -59,7 +60,10 @@ export default function SchedulePage() {
 
                 <div className="bg-primary/10 border-primary/20 rounded-lg border p-4">
                   <h2 className="mb-2 flex items-center text-lg font-semibold">
-                    <span className="mr-2">💡</span>
+                    {/* Decorative (#385): "Prepare for the meeting:" follows. */}
+                    <span className="mr-2">
+                      <Icon name="tip" decorative />
+                    </span>
                     Prepare for the meeting:
                   </h2>
                   <p className="mb-3 text-sm">
diff --git a/src/components/GlobalNav.tsx b/src/components/GlobalNav.tsx
index 952cf362..b3d2a7e6 100644
--- a/src/components/GlobalNav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GlobalNav.tsx
@@ -350,8 +350,13 @@ export function GlobalNav() {
                     </li>
                   )}
                   <li>
+                    {/* min-h-11: DaisyUI's menu default renders this at 26px,
+                        18px under the 44px standard. It sits inside a closed
+                        dropdown, so the touch-target gate never measured it
+                        until that gate was taught to open the menu (#378). */}
                     <button
                       type="button"
+                      className="min-h-11"
                       onClick={(e) => {
                         e.preventDefault();
                         // Close dropdown
@@ -466,8 +471,10 @@ export function GlobalNav() {
                       </li>
                     )}
                     <li>
+                      {/* Same 26px default as the desktop menu above. */}
                       <button
                         type="button"
+                        className="min-h-11"
                         onClick={(e) => {
                           e.preventDefault();
                           // Close dropdown
diff --git a/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.accessibility.test.tsx b/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.accessibility.test.tsx
index 47c8a61a..fa485eb7 100644
--- a/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.accessibility.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.accessibility.test.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ expect.extend(toHaveNoViolations);
  * Accessible names are an API in this repo (#377).
  *
  * `performSignIn()` and roughly twenty specs locate controls by their
- * accessible name, and the emoji this set replaces carry names explicitly —
- * `CookieConsent.tsx` renders `role="img" aria-label="Cookie"`. An SVG that
- * silently renders unlabelled changes what axe sees and what those locators
- * can find, without failing anything at the point of the swap.
+ * accessible name, and the emoji this set replaced carried names explicitly —
+ * `CookieConsent` rendered `role="img" aria-label="Cookie"` next to a sentence
+ * that already said "We use cookies", so that name only repeated the copy and
+ * the replacement is deliberately decorative. An SVG that silently renders
+ * unlabelled changes what axe sees and what those locators can find, without
+ * failing anything at the point of the swap — hence the union in the props.
  */
 describe('Icon Accessibility', () => {
   it('has no violations when labelled', async () => {
diff --git a/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.tsx b/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.tsx
index c1f35c52..9f1d653a 100644
--- a/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.tsx
+++ b/src/components/atomic/Icon/Icon.tsx
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import { ICON_PATHS, type IconName } from './icons';
  *
  * This matters more than usual here. Accessible names are an API in this repo
  * (#377): `performSignIn()` and ~20 specs locate controls by name, and the
- * emoji this set replaces carry their names explicitly — `CookieConsent.tsx`
- * renders `role="img" aria-label="Cookie"`. Swapping in a silently unlabelled
- * SVG changes what axe and every name-based locator can see.
+ * emoji this set replaced carried theirs explicitly — `CookieConsent` rendered
+ * `role="img" aria-label="Cookie"` beside a sentence that already said "We use
+ * cookies", so the name simply repeated the copy. Swapping in a silently
+ * unlabelled SVG changes what axe and every name-based locator can see, so the
+ * choice has to be made per site rather than defaulted.
  */
 export type IconProps = {
   /** Which icon to draw. */
diff --git a/src/components/atomic/Icon/icons.ts b/src/components/atomic/Icon/icons.ts
index bdbdb176..a08a2c63 100644
--- a/src/components/atomic/Icon/icons.ts
+++ b/src/components/atomic/Icon/icons.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@ export const ICON_PATHS = {
     'M12 2 A7 7 0 0 1 15.5 8 V15 H8.5 V8 A7 7 0 0 1 12 2 Z M8.5 11 L5.5 14 V18 H8.5 M15.5 11 L18.5 14 V18 H15.5 M10.5 8 A1.5 1.5 0 1 1 13.5 8 A1.5 1.5 0 1 1 10.5 8 M10 15 L12 19 L14 15',
   layout: 'M3 5 H21 V19 H3 Z M9 5 V19 M9 11 H21',
 
+  // ── Chrome (#385) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Replacing emoji on the surfaces outside the page children. Emoji cannot
+  // take `currentColor` and render differently on every OS, which is the
+  // actual problem a monochrome set fixes.
+  cookie:
+    'M12 3 A9 9 0 1 0 21 12 A3 3 0 0 1 18 9 A3 3 0 0 1 15 6 A3 3 0 0 1 12 3 Z M9 10 H9.5 M14 9 H14.5 M11 15 H11.5 M16 14 H16.5',
+  copy: 'M9 3 H19 V17 H9 Z M5 7 V21 H15 V17',
+  pin: 'M12 21 A18 18 0 0 1 5 9 A7 7 0 0 1 19 9 A18 18 0 0 1 12 21 Z M9.5 9 A2.5 2.5 0 1 1 14.5 9 A2.5 2.5 0 1 1 9.5 9',
+  ban: 'M4 12 A8 8 0 1 1 20 12 A8 8 0 1 1 4 12 M6.5 6.5 L17.5 17.5',
+  tip: 'M12 3 A6 6 0 0 1 15 14 V16 H9 V14 A6 6 0 0 1 12 3 Z M9 19 H15 M10 21.5 H14',
+  eye: 'M2 12 A12 12 0 0 1 22 12 A12 12 0 0 1 2 12 M9 12 A3 3 0 1 1 15 12 A3 3 0 1 1 9 12',
+  'eye-off':
+    'M4 4 L20 20 M9.5 9.5 A3 3 0 0 0 14 14 M6 6.5 A12 12 0 0 0 2 12 A12 12 0 0 0 17 18.5 M9.5 4.5 A12 12 0 0 1 22 12 A12 12 0 0 1 19.5 15.5',
+
   // ── Status and actions ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
   check: 'M4 12 L9 17 L20 6',
   alert: 'M12 3 L21 20 H3 Z M12 10 V14 M12 17 V17.5',
diff --git a/src/components/map/LocationButton/LocationButton.tsx b/src/components/map/LocationButton/LocationButton.tsx
index 8790182b..f9b6bda8 100644
--- a/src/components/map/LocationButton/LocationButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/LocationButton/LocationButton.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import Icon from '@/components/atomic/Icon';
 
 export interface LocationButtonProps {
   onClick: () => void;
@@ -37,9 +38,11 @@ export const LocationButton: React.FC<LocationButtonProps> = ({
   const getIcon = () => {
     if (loading)
       return <span className="loading loading-spinner loading-sm"></span>;
-    if (permissionState === 'denied') return '🚫';
-    if (hasLocation) return '📍';
-    return '📍';
+    // Decorative (#385): getButtonText() beside these already says "Location
+    // blocked" / "Update location" / "Get my location", so the icon carries no
+    // information the label does not.
+    if (permissionState === 'denied') return <Icon name="ban" decorative />;
+    return <Icon name="pin" decorative />;
   };
 
   const getVariantClasses = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.test.tsx b/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.test.tsx
index 9bc1051f..7a0a05f1 100644
--- a/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.test.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ describe('BlogContent', () => {
     // Check that copy button is present
     const copyButton = screen.getByTitle('Copy code');
     expect(copyButton).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(copyButton).toHaveTextContent('📋');
+    // Was toHaveTextContent('📋'). The button now renders the icon set
+    // (#385), so its label is real sr-only text rather than an emoji glyph —
+    // a stronger assertion, since the button previously had no accessible
+    // name beyond `title`.
+    expect(copyButton).toHaveTextContent('Copy code');
   });
 
   it('processes code blocks with language labels', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.tsx b/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.tsx
index c6724b7e..14d6544a 100644
--- a/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/molecular/BlogContent/BlogContent.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,33 @@ import { getProjectConfig } from '@/config/project.config';
 // Import Prism theme for styling the pre-highlighted code
 import 'prismjs/themes/prism-tomorrow.css';
 import '@/styles/prism-override.css';
+import { ICON_PATHS, type IconName } from '@/components/atomic/Icon';
 
 interface BlogContentProps {
   htmlContent: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * An icon as an HTML string (#385).
+ *
+ * This code block is built as markup in a template literal with an inline
+ * `onclick`, not as JSX, so `<Icon>` cannot be used. Attributes are
+ * single-quoted deliberately: the surrounding `onclick` is a double-quoted
+ * HTML attribute, and double quotes here would terminate it.
+ *
+ * The button swaps two pre-rendered spans by `display` rather than rewriting
+ * `innerHTML`, because injecting SVG markup through an attribute-embedded JS
+ * string is exactly where quoting breaks.
+ */
+function iconSvg(name: IconName, style = ''): string {
+  return (
+    `<svg width='1em' height='1em' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' ` +
+    `stroke='currentColor' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' ` +
+    `stroke-linejoin='round' aria-hidden='true' style='${style}'>` +
+    `<path d='${ICON_PATHS[name]}'/></svg>`
+  );
+}
+
 export default function BlogContent({ htmlContent }: BlogContentProps) {
   const [copiedCode, setCopiedCode] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
   const contentRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -41,10 +63,10 @@ export default function BlogContent({ htmlContent }: BlogContentProps) {
           <div class="mockup-code bg-base-300 my-4 relative" data-code-id="${id}">
             <div class="absolute top-2 right-12 text-xs text-base-content/80">${lang}</div>
             <button
-              onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.parentElement.querySelector('pre').textContent); this.innerHTML='✓'; setTimeout(() => this.innerHTML='📋', 2000)"
+              onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.parentElement.querySelector('pre').textContent); var i=this.children; i[0].style.display='none'; i[1].style.display='inline'; setTimeout(function(){i[0].style.display='inline'; i[1].style.display='none'}, 2000)"
               class="btn btn-xs btn-ghost absolute top-2 right-2"
               title="Copy code"
-            >📋</button>
+            >${iconSvg('copy')}${iconSvg('check', 'display:none')}<span class='sr-only'>Copy code</span></button>
             <pre><code class="language-${lang}" id="${id}">${code}</code></pre>
           </div>
         `;
diff --git a/src/components/molecular/SEOAnalysisPanel/SEOAnalysisPanel.tsx b/src/components/molecular/SEOAnalysisPanel/SEOAnalysisPanel.tsx
index b949e4d3..d8e11d0c 100644
--- a/src/components/molecular/SEOAnalysisPanel/SEOAnalysisPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/molecular/SEOAnalysisPanel/SEOAnalysisPanel.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useMemo } from 'react';
 import type { BlogPost } from '@/types/blog';
 import { seoAnalyzer } from '@/lib/blog/seo-analyzer';
+import Icon from '@/components/atomic/Icon';
 
 export interface SEOAnalysisPanelProps {
   post: BlogPost;
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ export default function SEOAnalysisPanel({
               className="btn btn-xs sm:btn-sm btn-ghost"
               title="Copy SEO feedback"
             >
-              {copied ? '✓ Copied' : '📋 Copy'}
+              {/* Decorative (#385): the word beside it changes too. */}
+              <Icon name={copied ? 'check' : 'copy'} decorative />
+              {copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'}
             </button>
             <div
               className={`radial-progress ${scoreColorClass(score.overall)}`}
@@ -145,7 +148,11 @@ export default function SEOAnalysisPanel({
                   key={i}
                   className="flex items-start gap-2 text-xs sm:text-sm"
                 >
-                  <span className="text-success mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0">✓</span>
+                  {/* Decorative: the <h4> above reads "Strengths (N)", so
+                      the marker is not the only non-colour signal (#385). */}
+                  <span className="text-success mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0">
+                    <Icon name="check" decorative />
+                  </span>
                   <span className="break-words">{strength}</span>
                 </li>
               ))}
@@ -165,7 +172,10 @@ export default function SEOAnalysisPanel({
                   key={i}
                   className="flex items-start gap-2 text-xs sm:text-sm"
                 >
-                  <span className="text-error mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0">✗</span>
+                  {/* Decorative: the <h4> above reads "Weaknesses (N)". */}
+                  <span className="text-error mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0">
+                    <Icon name="close" decorative />
+                  </span>
                   <span className="break-words">{weakness}</span>
                 </li>
               ))}
diff --git a/src/components/organisms/A11yDevOverlay/A11yDevOverlay.tsx b/src/components/organisms/A11yDevOverlay/A11yDevOverlay.tsx
index 271eb700..9a74160f 100644
--- a/src/components/organisms/A11yDevOverlay/A11yDevOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/components/organisms/A11yDevOverlay/A11yDevOverlay.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import React, { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { ImpactValue, Result } from 'axe-core';
 import { useA11yScan } from './useA11yScan';
+import Icon from '@/components/atomic/Icon';
 
 export interface A11yDevOverlayProps {
   /**
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ export default function A11yDevOverlay({
         aria-label={`Accessibility violations: ${violations.length}. Open panel.`}
         className={`badge ${badgeColor} fixed right-4 bottom-20 z-[90] flex min-h-11 min-w-11 cursor-pointer items-center gap-1 rounded-full px-3 shadow-lg ${className}`}
       >
-        <span role="img" aria-hidden="true">
-          ♿
-        </span>
+        {/* Decorative (#385): the button's aria-label already reads
+            "Accessibility violations: N. Open panel." */}
+        <Icon name="accessibility" decorative />
         <span className="font-mono font-bold">{violations.length}</span>
       </button>
     );
@@ -184,9 +185,7 @@ export default function A11yDevOverlay({
     >
       <header className="border-base-300 flex items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b px-3 py-2">
         <h2 className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm font-bold">
-          <span role="img" aria-hidden="true">
-            ♿
-          </span>
+          <Icon name="accessibility" decorative />
           A11y
           <span className={`badge badge-sm ${badgeColor}`}>
             {violations.length}
@@ -208,7 +207,8 @@ export default function A11yDevOverlay({
             aria-label="Collapse accessibility panel"
             className="btn btn-ghost btn-xs min-h-11 min-w-11"
           >
-            ✕
+            {/* The button carries aria-label="Collapse accessibility panel". */}
+            <Icon name="close" decorative />
           </button>
         </div>
       </header>
diff --git a/src/components/privacy/CookieConsent/CookieConsent.tsx b/src/components/privacy/CookieConsent/CookieConsent.tsx
index 305f1b73..97686902 100644
--- a/src/components/privacy/CookieConsent/CookieConsent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/privacy/CookieConsent/CookieConsent.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { useConsent } from '../../../contexts/ConsentContext';
+import Icon from '../../atomic/Icon';
 
 export interface CookieConsentProps {
   position?: 'top' | 'bottom';
@@ -71,8 +72,12 @@ export function CookieConsent({
           <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4">
             {/* Message Section - Compact */}
             <div className="flex flex-1 items-center gap-2">
-              <span className="text-lg" role="img" aria-label="Cookie">
-                🍪
+              {/* Decorative (#385): the sentence beside it already says
+                  "We use cookies". The emoji carried aria-label="Cookie", so
+                  a screen reader announced "Cookie, We use cookies to enhance
+                  your experience" — the name repeated the copy. */}
+              <span className="text-lg">
+                <Icon name="cookie" decorative />
               </span>
               {customContent || (
                 <p className="text-sm sm:text-base">
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/mobile-touch-targets.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/mobile-touch-targets.spec.ts
index 7ae0cda9..07d7c8a8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/mobile-touch-targets.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/mobile-touch-targets.spec.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ test.describe('Touch Target Standards', () => {
     await dismissCookieBanner(page);
     await waitForLayoutStability(page);
 
+    // OPEN THE MOBILE MENU FIRST. Without this the gate is very nearly inert:
+    // measured on a clean page at 390px, the selector below matched 58
+    // elements and exactly ONE was visible — the hamburger itself. The other
+    // 57 sit inside the closed dropdown, `isVisible()` skips them, and the
+    // test reports green having checked a single 44px button.
+    //
+    // The nav is a DaisyUI `dropdown` held open by `:focus-within`, so
+    // focusing the trigger opens it (#378 will add more of these).
+    const menuTrigger = page.locator('[aria-label="Navigation menu"]');
+    if (await menuTrigger.count()) {
+      // click(), not focus(): a DaisyUI dropdown is held open by
+      // :focus-within, and a programmatic focus on the <label> does not
+      // reliably establish it. Measured — focus() surfaced 3 targets, click()
+      // surfaces the full menu.
+      await menuTrigger.first().click();
+      await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+    }
+
     // Check primary navigation buttons only (not all interactive elements)
     // Inline text links, badges, and icons inside buttons are exempt
     const primaryButtons = await page
@@ -60,6 +78,7 @@ test.describe('Touch Target Standards', () => {
       .all();
 
     const failures: string[] = [];
+    let measured = 0;
 
     for (let i = 0; i < primaryButtons.length; i++) {
       const element = primaryButtons[i];
@@ -68,6 +87,7 @@ test.describe('Touch Target Standards', () => {
         const box = await element.boundingBox();
 
         if (box) {
+          measured++;
           const text =
             (await element.textContent())?.trim().substring(0, 30) || '';
 
@@ -89,6 +109,32 @@ test.describe('Touch Target Standards', () => {
       const summary = `${failures.length} primary buttons failed touch target requirements:\n${failures.join('\n')}`;
       expect(failures.length, summary).toBe(0);
     }
+
+    // COVERAGE FLOOR — the assertion that keeps the one above honest.
+    //
+    // Every check here is conditional on `isVisible()`, so anything moved
+    // behind a closed menu stops being measured and the test still passes.
+    // Zero measured is indistinguishable from zero failures.
+    //
+    // That is not hypothetical. Before the click above, this gate measured a
+    // single element — the hamburger — while its selector matched 60. Opening
+    // the menu immediately surfaced a real defect that had never been checked:
+    // Sign Out at 144x26px, 18px under the standard.
+    //
+    // 6 is MEASURED, not chosen. Be clear about what it does and does not
+    // mean: the selector deliberately exempts inline text links, so the menu's
+    // <a> items are out of scope by design and 6 is full coverage FOR THIS
+    // SELECTOR — not proof that every nav target is checked.
+    //
+    // #378 regroups the nav into `Demos ▾` and `Display ▾`. If this number
+    // drops, targets were hidden rather than fixed. Raise it deliberately;
+    // never lower it to make a run pass.
+    expect(
+      measured,
+      `Only ${measured} nav touch targets were measured, down from 6. ` +
+        `Something is hidden behind a closed menu that this gate must open ` +
+        `first — see the menuTrigger click above.`
+    ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(6);
   });
 
   test('Navigation buttons meet touch target standards', async ({ page }) => {