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Ohm Bands

1.3 Ω resistor colour code

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

13×0.1±5%
Brown1Orange3Gold×0.1Gold±5%

Nominal

1.3 Ω

1.3 ohms

Real range at ±5%

1.235 Ω – 1.365 Ω

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

E24 only — stocked less often.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Brown1st digit — 1
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3GoldMultiplier — ×0.1
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 V2.54 A8.38 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
5 V3.85 A19.2 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
12 V9.23 A111 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
24 V18.5 A443 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

100

212th most of 1,465 values

In stock

7,750

across 1 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0065

each

Tolerances sold

±0.1% to ±5%

5 grades in all

Packages: 0603, 0805, 1206, 0402, 2512, 1210, 1020, 0207. Ratings: 30mW to 10W.

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

1R3· three-digit

1R30· four-digit, precision parts

12A· EIA-96, for the smallest parts

Five bands

BrownOrangeBlackGoldBrown

Three significant digits and a ±1% band.

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 1.3 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 1.3 Ω when combined.