1.5 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Brown · Green · Red · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
1.5 kΩ
1,500 ohms
Real range at ±5%
1.425 kΩ – 1.575 kΩ
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E6
Held in almost every parts drawer.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown | 1st digit — 1 |
| 2 | Green | 2nd digit — 5 |
| 3 | Red | Multiplier — ×100 |
| 4 | Gold | Tolerance — ±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 it | Current | Dissipated | Package to pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 V | 2.2 mA | 7.26 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 3.33 mA | 16.7 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 8 mA | 96 mW | 1/4 W |
| 24 V | 16 mA | 384 mW | 1 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
229
10th most of 1,465 values
In stock
74,800
across 9 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.001
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±10%
9 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 0603, 1206, 0402, 1210, 2010, 0201, 2512. Ratings: 30mW to 35W.
What ten of them actually cost
The price everyone quotes is the reel price. If you want ten, you cannot buy the reel — and the real figure is usually several times higher per piece.
Ten pieces
$0.31
$0.031 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00431
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
1,337,854
across 6 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 7.2× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±0.01% and ±0.1% and ±1%, rated 1/16 W to 1/4 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: ERJ-2RKF1501X by Panasonic Industry — see it at Digi-Key.
Assembly stock from the JLCPCB library, read 2026-09-24. Retail prices and stock from Digi-Key, read 2026-09-24. Prices move — check the product page before ordering. That is what a board house will place for you — not everything a distributor sells.
The same value, marked differently
Five bands
BrownGreenBlackRedBrown
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 1.5 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 1.43 kΩ1.4157 kΩ–1.4443 kΩ
- 1.47 kΩ1.4553 kΩ–1.4847 kΩ
- 1.54 kΩ1.5246 kΩ–1.5554 kΩ
- 1.58 kΩ1.5642 kΩ–1.5958 kΩ
- 1.6 kΩ1.52 kΩ–1.68 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 1.5 kΩ when combined.