3.6 Ω resistor colour code

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

Orange3Blue6Gold×0.1Gold±5%

Nominal

3.6 Ω

3.6 ohms

Real range at ±5%

3.42 Ω – 3.78 Ω

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

E24 only — stocked less often.

Band by band

Band	Colour	Meaning
1	Orange	1st digit — 3
2	Blue	2nd digit — 6
3	Gold	Multiplier — ×0.1
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	917 mA	3.02 W	no standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
5 V	1.39 A	6.94 W	no standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
12 V	3.33 A	40 W	no standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
24 V	6.67 A	160 W	no standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

115

147th most of 1,465 values

In stock

across 2 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0057

each

Tolerances sold

±0.1% to ±5%

5 grades in all

Packages: 1206, 0805, 1210, 0603, 0612, 0402, 2010, 2512. Ratings: 30mW to 3W.

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

3R6· three-digit

3R60· four-digit, precision parts

Five bands

OrangeBlueBlackSilverBrown

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 3.6 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 3.6 Ω when combined.

In series

In parallel