Flag of Ecuador

CurrentSovereign stateISO EC · ECU

Colours

Named in law, no values given

The colours are named in law, but no numeric values are given for any of them. The figures below are conventional values in wide use. Each value shows where it comes from, so you can choose the right level of certainty for your project.

Construction sheet

Three horizontal bands: yellow at the top, blue in the middle and red at the bottom, the yellow band twice as deep as each of the others. The flags of national buildings, warships and diplomatic posts carry the coat of arms centred over the yellow and blue bands.

Band order (top to bottom)
Yellow, blue, red
Band depths
Yellow twice the depth of blue or red
Coat of arms (flags of national buildings, warships, fortresses and diplomatic posts)
Centred, over the yellow and blue bands

Sources: Decreto Legislativo relativo a las Armas de la República y Pabellón Nacional (Registro Oficial n.º 1272, 1900); Símbolos patrios

Sources

  1. Constitución de la República del Ecuador (2008, reformada 2021), texto en español. Constitute Project (text of the Constitution of Ecuador), 20 Oct 2008, in Spanish. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  2. Decreto Legislativo relativo a las Armas de la República y Pabellón Nacional (Registro Oficial n.º 1272, 1900). Wikisource (transcription from Decretos y leyes sancionados en el año 1900, Archivo del Poder Legislativo, Quito, 1901, pp. 112–113), 5 Dec 1900, in Spanish. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  3. Símbolos patrios. Embajada del Ecuador (embassyecuador.eu), in Spanish. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  4. Ecuador (Flags of the World). Flags of the World (CRW Flags). Accessed 4 Oct 2026.