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Ohm Bands

4.12 MΩ resistor colour code

Five bands: Yellow · Brown · Red · Yellow · 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.

412×10k±1%
Yellow4Brown1Red2Yellow×10kBrown±1%

Nominal

4.12 MΩ

4,120,000 ohms

Real range at ±1%

4.0788 MΩ – 4.1612 MΩ

A brown band allows this much drift.

Series

E96

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


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Yellow1st digit — 4
2Brown2nd digit — 1
3Red3rd digit — 2
4YellowMultiplier — ×10k
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 V0.801 µA2.64 µW1/8 W
5 V1.21 µA6.07 µW1/8 W
12 V2.91 µA35 µW1/8 W
24 V5.83 µA140 µW1/8 W

What you can actually get

Parts made

22

735th most of 1,465 values

In stock

0

across 0 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0152

each

Tolerances sold

±0.5% to ±1%

Packages: 0805, 1206, 2010, 2512, 1210, 0402, 0603. Ratings: 63mW to 1W.

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

$0.21

$0.021 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1

The reel price

$0.00218

each, but only from 100,000 pieces up

Sitting in stock

131,797

across 11 part numbers

Per piece, ten costs 9.6× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.

Stocked in ±1%, rated 1/16 W to 0.6 W.

Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RC0402FR-074M12L 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

Surface mount

415· three-digit, nearest only

4124· four-digit, precision parts

Three digits carry two significant figures, so they cannot write 4.12 MΩ — 415 means 4.1 MΩ. A part at this value is marked 4124.

If you only have E24

YellowOrangeGreenGold

4.3 MΩ is the nearest four-band value — +4.4% 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 4.12 MΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 4.12 MΩ when combined.