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Ohm Bands

200 kΩ resistor colour code

Four bands: Red · Black · Yellow · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.

20×10k±5%
Red2Black0Yellow×10,000Gold±5%

Nominal

200 kΩ

200,000 ohms

Real range at ±5%

190 kΩ – 210 kΩ

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

E24 only — stocked less often.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Red1st digit — 2
2Black2nd digit — 0
3YellowMultiplier — ×10,000
4GoldTolerance — ±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 itCurrentDissipatedPackage to pick
3.3 V16.5 µA54.4 µW1/8 W
5 V25 µA125 µW1/8 W
12 V60 µA720 µW1/8 W
24 V120 µA2.88 mW1/8 W

What you can actually get

Parts made

227

12th most of 1,465 values

In stock

9,851

across 9 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.002

each

Tolerances sold

±0.05% to ±5%

8 grades in all

Packages: 0603, 0805, 1206, 0402, 1210, 2512, 0201, 3920. Ratings: 30mW to 36W.

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

204· three-digit

2003· four-digit, precision parts

30F· EIA-96, for the smallest parts

Five bands

RedBlackBlackYellowBrown

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 200 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 200 kΩ when combined.