Flag of Kuwait

CurrentSovereign stateISO KW · KWT

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 equal horizontal stripes of green, white and red from the top, with a black trapezium at the hoist: its long base is the full height of the flag, its short base the height of the white stripe, and it is a quarter of the flag's length deep.

Proportion (height:length)
1:2
Stripes (top to bottom)
Green, white, red, equal in height
Trapezium long base (at the hoist)
Equal to the height of the flag
Trapezium short base
Equal to the height of the white stripe
Trapezium depth
One quarter of the length

Source: قانون رقم 26 لسنة 1961 في شأن العلم الوطني لدولة الكويت (معدّل بالقانون رقم 31 لسنة 1961)

Sources

  1. قانون رقم 26 لسنة 1961 في شأن العلم الوطني لدولة الكويت (معدّل بالقانون رقم 31 لسنة 1961). Laws KW (database of Kuwaiti legislation; text of the law), 7 Sep 1961, in Arabic. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  2. National Flag. Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Japan. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  3. دستور دولة الكويت (Constitution of the State of Kuwait), Arabic text. Constitute Project, 11 Nov 1962, in Arabic. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.