Flag of South Africa

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

A rectangle one and a half times as long as it is wide. A green Y-shaped band, one fifth of the height wide, starts in the two corners at the hoist, meets at the centre and runs level to the fly. It is edged in white above and below and in gold toward the hoist, each edging one fifteenth of the height. The triangle at the hoist is black; the upper band is chilli red and the lower blue.

Proportion (height:length)

2:3

Green band width

1/5 of the flag's width (height)

Edging width

1/15 of the flag's width (height)

Upper and lower bands

1/3 of the flag's width (height) each

Source: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (section 5 and Schedule 1)