150 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Brown · Green · Yellow · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
150 kΩ
150,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
142.5 kΩ – 157.5 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 | Green | 2nd digit — 5 |
| 3 | Yellow | Multiplier — ×10,000 |
| 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 | 22 µA | 72.6 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 33.3 µA | 167 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 80 µA | 960 µW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 160 µA | 3.84 mW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
190
56th most of 1,465 values
In stock
8,237
across 2 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0011
each
Tolerances sold
±0.05% to ±10%
8 grades in all
Packages: 1206, 0805, 0402, 0603, 2512, 1210, 2010, 0612. Ratings: 50mW to 5W.
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
$2.89
$0.29 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.16
each, but only from 40,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
146,907
across 3 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 1.8× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±0.05% and ±0.1% and ±1%, rated 1/16 W to 2 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: CPF0402B150KE1 by TE Connectivity Passive Product — 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
BrownGreenBlackOrangeBrown
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 150 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 143 kΩ141.57 kΩ–144.43 kΩ
- 147 kΩ145.53 kΩ–148.47 kΩ
- 154 kΩ152.46 kΩ–155.54 kΩ
- 158 kΩ156.42 kΩ–159.58 kΩ
- 160 kΩ152 kΩ–168 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 150 kΩ when combined.