470 Ω resistor colour code
Four bands: Yellow · Violet · Brown · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
470 Ω
470 ohms
Real range at ±5%
446.5 Ω – 493.5 Ω
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 | Brown | Multiplier — ×10 |
| 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 | 7.02 mA | 23.2 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 10.6 mA | 53.2 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 25.5 mA | 306 mW | 1 W |
| 24 V | 51.1 mA | 1.23 W | 5 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
229
10th most of 1,465 values
In stock
80,562
across 10 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0007
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±10%
9 grades in all
Packages: 0603, 0805, 1206, 0402, 1210, 2512, 2010, 0201. Ratings: 30mW to 100W.
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
$0.20
$0.020 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00217
each, but only from 50,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
4,254,728
across 7 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 9.2× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±1% and ±10% and ±5%, rated 1/16 W to 2 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RMCF0603JT470R by Stackpole Electronics 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
YellowVioletBlackBrownBrown
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 470 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 430 Ω408.5 Ω–451.5 Ω
- 453 Ω448.47 Ω–457.53 Ω
- 464 Ω459.36 Ω–468.64 Ω
- 475 Ω470.25 Ω–479.75 Ω
- 487 Ω482.13 Ω–491.87 Ω
- 510 Ω484.5 Ω–535.5 Ω
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 470 Ω when combined.