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Ohm Bands

332 Ω resistor colour code

Five bands: Orange · Orange · Red · Black · Brown. The first three give the digits — a precision value needs all three — then the multiplier, then how far off the real part may be.

332×1±1%
Orange3Orange3Red2Black×1Brown±1%

Nominal

332 Ω

332 ohms

Real range at ±1%

328.68 Ω – 335.32 Ω

A brown band allows this much drift.

Series

E96

A 1% precision value. Five bands, not four.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Orange1st digit — 3
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3Red3rd digit — 2
4BlackMultiplier — ×1
5BrownTolerance — ±1%

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 V9.94 mA32.8 mW1/8 W
5 V15.1 mA75.3 mW1/4 W
12 V36.1 mA434 mW1 W
24 V72.3 mA1.73 W5 W

What you can actually get

Parts made

98

226th most of 1,465 values

In stock

49,761

across 3 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0019

each

Tolerances sold

±0.01% to ±1%

6 grades in all

Packages: 1206, 0805, 0603, 0402, 1210, 0201, 1005, SMD,3.2x1.6mm. 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

331· three-digit, nearest only

3320· four-digit, precision parts

51C· EIA-96, for the smallest parts

Three digits carry two significant figures, so they cannot write 332 Ω — 331 means 330 Ω. A part at this value is marked 3320.

If you only have E24

OrangeOrangeBrownGold

330 Ω is the nearest four-band value — -0.6% off.

Values that can overlap this one

At ±1% the tolerance bands of neighbouring values run into each other. A part sold as one of these could measure the same as a 332 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 332 Ω when combined.