4.7 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Yellow · Violet · Red · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
4.7 kΩ
4,700 ohms
Real range at ±5%
4.465 kΩ – 4.935 kΩ
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E6
Held in almost every parts drawer.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellow | 1st digit — 4 |
| 2 | Violet | 2nd digit — 7 |
| 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 | 702 µA | 2.32 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 1.06 mA | 5.32 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 2.55 mA | 30.6 mW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 5.11 mA | 123 mW | 1/4 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
211
25th most of 1,465 values
In stock
104,671
across 16 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.001
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±10%
9 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 1206, 0402, 0603, 1210, 0201, 2010, 2512. Ratings: 20mW to 20W.
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
$0.00134
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
36,138,908
across 37 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 11.2× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±0.01% and ±0.1% and ±1% and ±10% and ±5%, rated 1/20 W to 0.13 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: CR0402-FX-4701GLF 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
YellowVioletBlackRedBrown
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 4.7 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 4.3 kΩ4.085 kΩ–4.515 kΩ
- 4.53 kΩ4.4847 kΩ–4.5753 kΩ
- 4.64 kΩ4.5936 kΩ–4.6864 kΩ
- 4.75 kΩ4.7025 kΩ–4.7975 kΩ
- 4.87 kΩ4.8213 kΩ–4.9187 kΩ
- 5.1 kΩ4.845 kΩ–5.355 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 4.7 kΩ when combined.