The flag of Central African Republic

since 1958

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The current flag of Central African Republic was adopted in 1958 and flies at 2:3. No earlier flag is on record.

Central African Republic, 2:3. flagcdn.com, public domain.

The colours

What the flag of Central African Republic is made of

Counted off the file rather than read out of it. Every pixel of a 320-pixel rendering is sorted into a colour, so the share below is the share of the flag a person actually sees, and an emblem’s interior shades do not outrank a band covering a third of the field.

#00308219.9% of the field
#ffffff20.8% of the field
#d2103416.7% of the field
#28972820.7% of the field
#ffce0021.9% of the field

These are the colours the plates for Central African Republic are drawn in. Nothing on this site takes a country’s colours from anywhere but its own flag.

The shape

Its proportion and its dates

Proportion: 2:3height to width
As a ratio: 1.5width divided by height
Adopted: 1 December 1958
Emoji: 🇨🇫derived from the ISO code
File: /flags/cf.svgflagcdn.com, public domain

Coat of arms

The arms of Central African Republic

Record generated 2026-08-31 · Q929 · World Bank data · Africa