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Ohm Bands

4.32 Ω resistor colour code

Five bands: Yellow · Orange · Red · Silver · 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.

432×0.01±1%
Yellow4Orange3Red2Silver×0.01Brown±1%

Nominal

4.32 Ω

4.32 ohms

Real range at ±1%

4.2768 Ω – 4.3632 Ω

A brown band allows this much drift.

Series

E96

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


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Yellow1st digit — 4
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3Red3rd digit — 2
4SilverMultiplier — ×0.01
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 V764 mA2.52 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
5 V1.16 A5.79 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
12 V2.78 A33.3 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
24 V5.56 A133 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

23

725th most of 1,465 values

In stock

0

across 0 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0077

each

Tolerances sold

±0.1% to ±1%

3 grades in all

Packages: 0805, 1206, 1210, 0603, 2512, 0201, 2010, 0402. Ratings: 30mW to 2W.

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

4R3· three-digit, nearest only

4R32· four-digit, precision parts

62A· EIA-96, for the smallest parts

Three digits carry two significant figures, so they cannot write 4.32 Ω — 4R3 means 4.3 Ω. A part at this value is marked 4R32.

If you only have E24

YellowOrangeGoldGold

4.3 Ω is the nearest four-band value — -0.5% 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 4.32 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 4.32 Ω when combined.