560 Ω resistor colour code
Four bands: Green · Blue · Brown · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
560 Ω
560 ohms
Real range at ±5%
532 Ω – 588 Ω
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E12
Held in almost every parts drawer.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green | 1st digit — 5 |
| 2 | Blue | 2nd digit — 6 |
| 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 | 5.89 mA | 19.4 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 8.93 mA | 44.6 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 21.4 mA | 257 mW | 1 W |
| 24 V | 42.9 mA | 1.03 W | 5 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
191
54th most of 1,465 values
In stock
256
across 1 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0039
each
Tolerances sold
±0.01% to ±20%
11 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 0603, 1206, 0402, 1210, 2512, 2010, 0207. 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
$0.18
$0.018 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00161
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
2,032,514
across 11 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 ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/16 W to 1/4 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RMCF0402JT560R 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
GreenBlueBlackBrownBrown
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 560 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 510 Ω484.5 Ω–535.5 Ω
- 536 Ω530.64 Ω–541.36 Ω
- 549 Ω543.51 Ω–554.49 Ω
- 562 Ω556.38 Ω–567.62 Ω
- 576 Ω570.24 Ω–581.76 Ω
- 590 Ω584.1 Ω–595.9 Ω
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 560 Ω when combined.