From top to bottom, the stripes are light blue (3/4 of the flag's width), white (1/16), red (1/16), and green (1/8).

The light blue, white, and green colors stand for the sky, snow, and taiga landscape respectively.

313-III "On the Official Symbols of the Sakha (Yakut) Republic" describes the symbolism, usage, placement, and the custom of flying the flag of the Sakha Republic alongside other flags.

[13] The flag became that of the Russian SFSR save for an added inscription naming the Yakut ASSR.

[14] These inscriptions were modified after a new alphabet for the Yakut language was approved by a decree of the People's Commissar of Education of the Soviet Union.

[17] In line with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the formation of new national entities, the Sakha Republic adopted a new constitution on 4 April 1992.

[20] The national flag of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is a rectangular panel consisting of four differently sized horizontal stripes of blue, white, red, and green, respectively.