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title: "Flag of Ukraine: colours and meaning"
description: "What every colour and symbol on the Ukraine flag stands for, its official 2:3 ratio, and the year the current design was adopted."
url: https://atoneplace.net/flag/ukraine/
site: "At One Place"
---

# The flag of Ukraine

**The flag of Ukraine: Two equal horizontal bands, blue over yellow.**

Ratio 2:3 · current design adopted 1991

*[Flag drawn on the page: Ukraine]*

Sky over wheat — the symbolism is agricultural and the order matters, because during the short-lived 1918 republic the flag was flown yellow over blue for a time and the question was settled definitively only in 1992. The colours come from the arms of the medieval Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia, a gold lion on blue. The flag was banned in the Soviet period and readopted in January 1992 after independence. Since 2022 it has become one of the most reproduced flags in the world, and the exact shades — Pantone 2935 C and 012 C — are now widely published by the Ukrainian government itself.

## What the colours mean

*Flag laws usually specify a Pantone chip, a CMYK mix or just a colour name. Converting any of those to sRGB is lossy, which is why published hex values disagree.*

- **Blue** (#0057B7) — The sky
- **Yellow** (#FFDD00) — Fields of ripe wheat

- **Ratio:** 2:3
- **Current design adopted:** 1991
- **Colours:** blue, yellow

## Common questions

### What does the flag of Ukraine look like?

Two equal horizontal bands, blue over yellow.

### What do the colours of the Ukraine flag mean?

Blue: the sky. Yellow: fields of ripe wheat.

### When was the Ukraine flag adopted?

The current design dates from 1991, and its official ratio is 2:3.

## Related pages

- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Every flag with blue in it](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/blue/)
- [The flag of United States](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-states/)
- [The flag of India](https://atoneplace.net/flag/india/)
- [The flag of United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-kingdom/)
- [The flag of France](https://atoneplace.net/flag/france/)
- [The flag of Russia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/russia/)
- [The flag of Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/flag/brazil/)
- [The flag of Australia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/australia/)
- [The flag of South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/flag/south-korea/)

## Sources

- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)