1.5 MΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Brown · Green · Green · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
1.5 MΩ
1,500,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
1.425 MΩ – 1.575 MΩ
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 | Green | Multiplier — ×100,000 |
| 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 µA | 7.26 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 3.33 µA | 16.7 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 8 µA | 96 µW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 16 µA | 384 µW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
115
147th most of 1,465 values
In stock
14,415
across 8 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0009
each
Tolerances sold
±0.1% to ±5%
6 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 1206, 0603, 2512, 0402, 2010, 1210, 0612. Ratings: 30mW to 7W.
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
$7.46
$0.75 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.28
each, but only from 28,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
37,463
across 3 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 2.7× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±1%, rated 3 W to 6 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: WSLF25121L500FEA by Vishay Dale — 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
BrownGreenBlackYellowBrown
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 MΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 1.43 MΩ1.4157 MΩ–1.4443 MΩ
- 1.47 MΩ1.4553 MΩ–1.4847 MΩ
- 1.54 MΩ1.5246 MΩ–1.5554 MΩ
- 1.58 MΩ1.5642 MΩ–1.5958 MΩ
- 1.6 MΩ1.52 MΩ–1.68 MΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 1.5 MΩ when combined.