10 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Brown · Black · Orange · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
10 kΩ
10,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
9.5 kΩ – 10.5 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 | Black | 2nd digit — 0 |
| 3 | Orange | Multiplier — ×1,000 |
| 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 | 330 µA | 1.09 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 500 µA | 2.5 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 1.2 mA | 14.4 mW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 2.4 mA | 57.6 mW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
295
3rd most of 1,465 values
In stock
826,967
across 23 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0006
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±10%
12 grades in all
Packages: 0603, 0805, 1206, 0402, 0201, 1210, 2010, 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
$0.15
$0.015 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00134
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
107,980,383
across 26 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 11.2× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/20 W to 1/4 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: CR0402-FX-1002GLF by Bourns Inc. — 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
BrownBlackBlackRedBrown
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 10 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 9.1 kΩ8.645 kΩ–9.555 kΩ
- 9.53 kΩ9.4347 kΩ–9.6253 kΩ
- 9.76 kΩ9.6624 kΩ–9.8576 kΩ
- 10.2 kΩ10.098 kΩ–10.302 kΩ
- 10.5 kΩ10.395 kΩ–10.605 kΩ
- 11 kΩ10.45 kΩ–11.55 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 10 kΩ when combined.