4.7 MΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Yellow · Violet · Green · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
4.7 MΩ
4,700,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
4.465 MΩ – 4.935 MΩ
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 | Green | Multiplier — ×100,000 |
| 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 | 0.702 µA | 2.32 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 1.06 µA | 5.32 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 2.55 µA | 30.6 µW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 5.11 µA | 123 µW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
75
513th most of 1,465 values
In stock
618
across 2 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.003
each
Tolerances sold
±0.5% to ±10%
5 grades in all
Packages: 1206, 0805, 0603, 1210, 2010, 2512, 0402, 0201. Ratings: 30mW to 10W.
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
2,839,914
across 37 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 ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/20 W to 1/2 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: CR0402-FW-4704GLF 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
YellowVioletBlackGreenBrown
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 MΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 4.3 MΩ4.085 MΩ–4.515 MΩ
- 4.53 MΩ4.4847 MΩ–4.5753 MΩ
- 4.64 MΩ4.5936 MΩ–4.6864 MΩ
- 4.75 MΩ4.7025 MΩ–4.7975 MΩ
- 4.87 MΩ4.8213 MΩ–4.9187 MΩ
- 5.1 MΩ4.845 MΩ–5.355 MΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 4.7 MΩ when combined.