24 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Red · Yellow · Orange · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
24 kΩ
24,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
22.8 kΩ – 25.2 kΩ
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E24
E24 only — stocked less often.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | 1st digit — 2 |
| 2 | Yellow | 2nd digit — 4 |
| 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 | 137 µA | 454 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 208 µA | 1.04 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 500 µA | 6 mW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 1 mA | 24 mW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
178
80th most of 1,465 values
In stock
3,305
across 2 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0022
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±5%
9 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 0603, 0402, 1206, 1210, 2512, 2010, 0201. Ratings: 30mW to 25W.
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
$0.17
$0.017 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00152
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
2,784,635
across 50 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 ±0.1% and ±0.5% and ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/20 W to 1/2 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: CR0402-FX-2402GLF 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
RedYellowBlackOrangeBrown
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 24 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 22 kΩ20.9 kΩ–23.1 kΩ
- 22.6 kΩ22.374 kΩ–22.826 kΩ
- 23.2 kΩ22.968 kΩ–23.432 kΩ
- 23.7 kΩ23.463 kΩ–23.937 kΩ
- 24.3 kΩ24.057 kΩ–24.543 kΩ
- 24.9 kΩ24.651 kΩ–25.149 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 24 kΩ when combined.