One aspect of the present invention is a light emitting element having a layer including an aromatic hydrocarbon and a metal oxide between a pair of electrodes. The kind of aromatic hydrocarbon is not particularly limited; however, an aromatic hydrocarbon having hole mobility of 1×10−6 cm2/Vs or more is preferable. As such aromatic hydrocarbon, for example, 2-tert-butyl-9,10-di(2-naphthyl)anthracene, anthracene, 9,10-diphenylanthracene, tetracene, rubrene, perylene, 2,5,8,11-tetra(tert-butyl)perylene, and the like are given. As the metal oxide, a metal which shows an electron-accepting property to the aromatic hydrocarbon is preferable. As such metal oxide, for example, molybdenum oxide, vanadium oxide, ruthenium oxide, rhenium oxide, and the like are given.