36 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Orange · Blue · Orange · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
36 kΩ
36,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
34.2 kΩ – 37.8 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 | 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 | 91.7 µA | 303 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 139 µA | 694 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 333 µA | 4 mW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 667 µA | 16 mW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
177
83rd most of 1,465 values
In stock
23,448
across 5 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0015
each
Tolerances sold
±0.05% to ±5%
7 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 0603, 0402, 1206, 1210, 2512, 2010, 0201. 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
$0.15
$0.015 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00127
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
2,077,294
across 50 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 11.8× 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-3602GLF 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
OrangeBlueBlackOrangeBrown
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 36 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 33 kΩ31.35 kΩ–34.65 kΩ
- 34 kΩ33.66 kΩ–34.34 kΩ
- 34.8 kΩ34.452 kΩ–35.148 kΩ
- 35.7 kΩ35.343 kΩ–36.057 kΩ
- 36.5 kΩ36.135 kΩ–36.865 kΩ
- 37.4 kΩ37.026 kΩ–37.774 kΩ
- 39 kΩ37.05 kΩ–40.95 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 36 kΩ when combined.