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Ohm Bands

1.4 Ω resistor colour code

Five bands: Brown · Yellow · Black · Silver · Brown. The first three give the digits — a precision value needs all three — then the multiplier, then how far off the real part may be.

140×0.01±1%
Brown1Yellow4Black0Silver×0.01Brown±1%

Nominal

1.4 Ω

1.4 ohms

Real range at ±1%

1.386 Ω – 1.414 Ω

A brown band allows this much drift.

Series

E96

A 1% precision value. Five bands, not four.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Brown1st digit — 1
2Yellow2nd digit — 4
3Black3rd digit — 0
4SilverMultiplier — ×0.01
5BrownTolerance — ±1%

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 V2.36 A7.78 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
5 V3.57 A17.9 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
12 V8.57 A103 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
24 V17.1 A411 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

23

725th most of 1,465 values

In stock

0

across 0 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0078

each

Tolerances sold

±0.1% to ±5%

3 grades in all

Packages: 0603, 0805, 1206, 0402, 2512, 2010, 1210, 0201. Ratings: 50mW to 1W.

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

1R4· three-digit

1R40· four-digit, precision parts

15A· EIA-96, for the smallest parts

If you only have E24

BrownOrangeGoldGold

1.3 Ω is the nearest four-band value — -7.1% off.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 1.4 Ω when combined.