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{{Short description|Regional and organizational flag}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox National flag
| Name = Flag of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
| Article = 
| Type = 
| Image = ASEAN Flag.svg
| Nickname = The ASEAN Flag
| Morenicks = 
| Use = 100100
| Symbol = {{FIAV|100100}}
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = 31 May 1997<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Organizations A-L |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/International_Organizations.html#ASEAN |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=worldstatesmen.org}}</ref>
| Design = The ASEAN Emblem on a blue background.
| Designer = 
}}

The '''Flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations''' or the '''ASEAN Flag'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASEAN Flag |url=https://asean.org/asean-flag/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=ASEAN Main Portal |publisher=[[ASEAN]]}}</ref> is one of the official symbols of the [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN).<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int-asea.html Flags of the world]</ref> It consists of the official [[emblem of ASEAN]] on a blue background.

==Design==

===Construction===
[[File:ASEAN Flag specification.svg|thumb|Construction sheet according to https://asean.org/asean-flag/annex/]]

Set upon a blue background, ten [[Paddy field|paddy]] or [[rice]] stalks are drawn in the middle of a red circle with white circumference.

The colours of the flag are specified as follows:

{| class=wikitable width=60% style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Scheme
! style="background:#0032A0" | Blue
! style="background:#EF3340" | Red
! style="background:#F8E600" | Yellow
! style="background:#FFFFFF" | White
|-
| [[Pantone]]
| Pantone 286
| Pantone Red 032
| Pantone Process Yellow
| White
|-
|[[RGB color model|RGB]] Approx.
| <code>#0032A0</code><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-12 |title=PANTONE® 286 C – Find a Pantone Color {{!}} Quick Online Color Tool {{!}} Pantone |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/286-C |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512121037/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/286-C |archive-date=12 May 2021 }}</ref>
| <code>#EF3340</code><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=PANTONE® Red 032 C – Find a Pantone Color {{!}} Quick Online Color Tool {{!}} Pantone |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Red-032-C |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916214309/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Red-032-C |archive-date=16 September 2021 }}</ref>
| <code>#F8E600</code><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-27 |title=PANTONE® Process Yellow C – Find a Pantone Color {{!}} Quick Online Color Tool {{!}} Pantone |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Process-Yellow-C |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727001107/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Process-Yellow-C |archive-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>
| <code>#FFFFFF</code>
|-
| [[CMYK color model|CMYK]] Approx. || 100, 80, 0, 12<ref name=":1" />|| 0, 90, 76, 0<ref name=":2" />|| 0, 0, 100, 0<ref name=":3" />|| 0, 0, 0, 0 
|}

[[File:Flag_of_Asean,_Philippine_Post_Office.jpg|thumb|ASEAN flag in front of the Central Post Office building in Manila.]]
[[File:Ixelles - Ambassade du Viêt Nam 20190908-02.jpg|thumb|The ASEAN flag is flown alongside the [[Flag of Vietnam|national flag of Vietnam]] at the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium.]]

The ratio of width to length of the flag is 2:3. The ASEAN Charter includes size specifications for usage of the flag:<ref name=charter>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180127050649/http://are.gger.jp/archives/23942665.html ASEAN Charter]</ref>
* Table flag: 10&nbsp;cm x 15&nbsp;cm
* Room flag: 100&nbsp;cm x 150&nbsp;cm
* Car flag: 20&nbsp;cm x 30&nbsp;cm
* Field flag: 200&nbsp;cm x 300&nbsp;cm

===Symbolism===
The official symbolism of the flag is detailed in the [[ASEAN Charter]]. 
{|
|+'''Flags of ASEAN countries'''
|-
| ''Member''
|
* {{flag|BRU|size=28px}}
* {{flag|CAM|size=28px}}
* {{flag|IDN|size=28px}}
* {{flag|LAO|size=28px}}
* {{flag|MAS|size=28px}}
|
* {{flag|MYA|size=28px}}
* {{flag|PHL|size=28px}}
* {{flag|SIN|size=28px}}
* {{flag|THA|size=28px}}
* {{flag|VNM|size=28px}}
|-
|
|-
| ''Observer''
|
* {{flag|TLS|size=28px}}
|
* {{flag|PNG|size=28px}}
|-
|
|}
The colours of the flag – blue, red, white, and yellow – represent the main colours of the [[national flag]]s of all ten ASEAN member states.<ref name="charter" /> Blue represents peace and stability, red represents courage and dynamism, white represents purity, and yellow represents prosperity.<ref name="charter" />

The stalks of rice represent the dream of ASEAN's Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia bound together in friendship and solidarity. The number of stalks symbolize [[ASEAN]]'s ten members.<ref name=":0" />

The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |title=Annex 3 – ASEAN FLAG |url=https://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/archive/21073.pdf |journal=ASEAN}}</ref>

==History==

ASEAN's first flag was similar to the current one – it had six paddy stalks representing the five founding members (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), plus [[Brunei Darussalam]] (joined on 7 January 1984) and the word ASEAN written under the stalks. The background was [[white]] instead of [[blue]], the border of the circle along with the word ASEAN was [[cyan]], and the circle was bright [[yellow]]. The stalks themselves were golden [[brown]]ish in colour.

{{multiple image
| align             = center
| total_width       = 450
| image_gap         = 10

| image1            = ASEAN Flag (1984).svg
| caption1          = {{FIAV|historical|1}} First Flag of ASEAN<br />(7 January 1984 – 23 July 1994)
| image2            = ASEAN Flag (1994).svg
| caption2          = {{FIAV|historical|1}} Second Flag of ASEAN<br />(23 July 1994 – 31 May 1997)
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101031070834/http://www.asean.org/7095.htm ASEAN] – Official description of the flag
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180127050649/http://are.gger.jp/archives/23942665.html ASEAN Charter]
* [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int-asea.html Flag of the World] – Description at FotW along with history

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