3.6 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Orange · Blue · Red · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
3.6 kΩ
3,600 ohms
Real range at ±5%
3.42 kΩ – 3.78 kΩ
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 | Red | Multiplier — ×100 |
| 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 µA | 3.02 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 1.39 mA | 6.94 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 3.33 mA | 40 mW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 6.67 mA | 160 mW | 1/2 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
168
104th most of 1,465 values
In stock
3,353
across 3 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.003
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±20%
9 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 0402, 0603, 1206, 1210, 2010, 2512, 1225. Ratings: 30mW 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
$0.19
$0.019 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00185
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
1,699,733
across 17 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 10.3× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/16 W to 1/4 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RC0402JR-073K6L by YAGEO — 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
OrangeBlueBlackBrownBrown
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 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 3.3 kΩ3.135 kΩ–3.465 kΩ
- 3.4 kΩ3.366 kΩ–3.434 kΩ
- 3.48 kΩ3.4452 kΩ–3.5148 kΩ
- 3.57 kΩ3.5343 kΩ–3.6057 kΩ
- 3.65 kΩ3.6135 kΩ–3.6865 kΩ
- 3.74 kΩ3.7026 kΩ–3.7774 kΩ
- 3.9 kΩ3.705 kΩ–4.095 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 3.6 kΩ when combined.