510 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Green · Brown · Yellow · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
510 kΩ
510,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
484.5 kΩ – 535.5 kΩ
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E24
E24 only — stocked less often.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green | 1st digit — 5 |
| 2 | Brown | 2nd digit — 1 |
| 3 | Yellow | Multiplier — ×10,000 |
| 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 | 6.47 µA | 21.4 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 9.8 µA | 49 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 23.5 µA | 282 µW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 47.1 µA | 1.13 mW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
178
80th most of 1,465 values
In stock
4
across 1 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0009
each
Tolerances sold
±0.1% to ±5%
6 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 1206, 0402, 0603, 1210, 2512, 2010, 0201. Ratings: 30mW to 3W.
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
$0.19
$0.019 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00185
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
700,729
across 6 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 10.3× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/16 W to 1/4 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RC0402JR-07510KL 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
Five bands
GreenBrownBlackOrangeBrown
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 510 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 470 kΩ446.5 kΩ–493.5 kΩ
- 487 kΩ482.13 kΩ–491.87 kΩ
- 499 kΩ494.01 kΩ–503.99 kΩ
- 511 kΩ505.89 kΩ–516.11 kΩ
- 523 kΩ517.77 kΩ–528.23 kΩ
- 536 kΩ530.64 kΩ–541.36 kΩ
- 560 kΩ532 kΩ–588 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 510 kΩ when combined.