Record / UA-NAT-1992

Ukraine

Державний Прапор України / State Flag of Ukraine

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Flag of Ukraine
Geometric display rendering / official ratio 2:3
Quick answer

Ukraine’s state flag is a 2:3 horizontal bicolor with equal blue and yellow bands, blue above yellow.

Specification

Article 20 of the Constitution defines two equal horizontal bands of blue and yellow. The Verkhovna Rada resolution of 28 January 1992 specifies a rectangular 2:3 flag, with blue forming the upper half and yellow the lower half.

Band orderBlue / yellow
Band heights1 : 1
OrientationHorizontal
Format2 : 3

Display colors

BlueHEX #0057B8 / display reference
YellowHEX #FFD700 / display reference

Construction notes

Construct a 2:3 rectangle and divide its height exactly in half. Blue occupies the full upper half and yellow the full lower half. No outline, emblem, or separation is present on the national flag.

Historical record

Blue and yellow appeared in Ukrainian civic and national symbolism before independence and served as state colors during the independence period of 1917–1921. The flag returned to public and official use during the restoration of independence in 1991. Parliament approved the present state flag on 28 January 1992, and the 1996 Constitution confirmed it as a state symbol.

Source trail

President of Ukraine: Constitution, Article 20 ↗

Verkhovna Rada: Resolution No. 2067-XII on the State Flag ↗

Ukrainian Institute of National Memory: flag history and display guidance ↗