Record / LT-NAT-2004

Lithuania

Lietuvos valstybės vėliava / the Lithuanian national flag

NationalEuropeHorizontal tricolorStatutory geometry
Flag of Lithuania
Wikimedia Commons asset / statutory ratio 3:5
Quick answer

Lithuania’s national flag is a 3:5 horizontal tricolor of three equal yellow, green, and red bands, ordered from top to bottom.

Specification

The flag law identifies the tricolor as an official state symbol and requires its images to correspond to the standard Pantone reference and statutory proportions. The national flag is distinct from Lithuania’s historical state flag bearing the mounted knight.

Hoist : fly3 : 5
Horizontal bands1 : 1 : 1
Band orderYellow / green / red
SymmetryVertical axis

Display colors

YellowHEX #FDB913 / asset screen value
GreenHEX #006A44 / asset screen value
RedHEX #C1272D / asset screen value

Construction notes

Divide a 3-by-5 rectangle into three one-unit horizontal fields. The law requires correspondence with the approved standard image; the hexadecimal values above describe this local screen asset and do not replace the production color references.

Historical record

A commission of Jonas Basanavičius, Tadas Daugirdas, and Antanas Žmuidzinavičius approved the yellow-green-red design on 19 April 1918, and the Council of Lithuania accepted it as an interim national flag. The tricolor returned during the restoration of independence; legislation adopted in 2004 established the present 3:5 format.

Source trail

Seimas: Law on the National Flag and Other Flags ↗

Seimas: history of the national flag ↗