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Ohm Bands

0.62 Ω resistor colour code

Four bands: Blue · Red · Silver · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.

Below 1 Ω a resistor stops being a resistor in the usual sense. Values like this sit in series with a load so a circuit can measure the current through them, or they limit inrush. The silver multiplier band is what takes the value under one ohm — and nothing takes it below 0.1 Ω, because no colour means ×0.001. Smaller shunts exist; their value is printed on the body instead.

62×0.01±5%
Blue6Red2Silver×0.01Gold±5%

Nominal

0.62 Ω

0.62 ohms

Real range at ±5%

0.589 Ω – 0.651 Ω

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

A current-sense value. Rarely in a hobby parts drawer.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Blue1st digit — 6
2Red2nd digit — 2
3SilverMultiplier — ×0.01
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

How much it can take

Current and dissipation across the resistor, and the package you need. The suggested rating keeps a factor of two in hand, which is what anyone building a board actually does.

Across itCurrentDissipatedPackage to pick
3.3 V5.32 A17.6 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
5 V8.06 A40.3 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
12 V19.4 A232 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
24 V38.7 A929 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

3

930th most of 1,465 values

In stock

0

across 0 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.1512

each

Tolerances sold

±5%

Assembly stock from the JLCPCB library, read 2026-09-24. That is what a board house will place for you — not everything a distributor sells.

The same value, marked differently

Surface mount

R62· three-digit

R620· four-digit, precision parts

Values that can overlap this one

At ±5% the tolerance bands of neighbouring values run into each other. A part sold as one of these could measure the same as a 0.62 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 0.62 Ω when combined.