Ukraine

The national flag of Ukraine is a horizontal bicolour of blue over yellow.

Remix

Colours2

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Yellow#FFD700 · 50%

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Traits

Layout: Horizontal stripes
Pattern: Bicolor
Text: None

Details

Catalogue: #0189
Favorites: 2
Added: Jul 1, 2025
Image source: commons.wikimedia.org

History

The blue and yellow colours have deep roots in Ukrainian heraldic tradition, including the medieval Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia and later regional arms and banners. The blue-and-yellow bicolour was revived in 1848 in Lviv as a national emblem, became the national flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918, was suppressed during the Soviet period, and was officially restored on 28 January 1992 after independence. The colours are widely interpreted as a blue sky above golden wheat fields.

Sources

commons.wikimedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

flaginstitute.org

sunflowerseedsukraine.org

elmersflag.com

crwflags.com

Timeline

1848
Blue-and-yellow banner adopted
The Supreme Ruthenian Council adopted a blue-and-yellow banner, cited as an early origin of Ukraine’s national flag.
wikipedia.org
1918
to 1918
Yellow-over-blue flag approved
The Ukrainian People’s Republic approved a yellow-over-blue flag as its national flag.
crwflags.com · treasury.gov.ua
1992
Current design officially restored
Ukraine’s parliament restored the blue-over-yellow flag as the State Flag.
rada.gov.ua · wikipedia.org
2006
Technical standard took effect
DSTU 4512:2006 established technical specifications for the flag, including requirements for reproducing its colors, effective September 1.
wikisource.org