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Ohm Bands

6.2 Ω resistor colour code

Four bands: Blue · Red · Gold · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.

62×0.1±5%
Blue6Red2Gold×0.1Gold±5%

Nominal

6.2 Ω

6.2 ohms

Real range at ±5%

5.89 Ω – 6.51 Ω

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

E24 only — stocked less often.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Blue1st digit — 6
2Red2nd digit — 2
3GoldMultiplier — ×0.1
4GoldTolerance — ±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 itCurrentDissipatedPackage to pick
3.3 V532 mA1.76 W5 W
5 V806 mA4.03 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
12 V1.94 A23.2 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink
24 V3.87 A92.9 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

110

159th most of 1,465 values

In stock

15,742

across 3 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0057

each

Tolerances sold

±0.1% to ±5%

5 grades in all

Packages: 1206, 0805, 0603, 1210, 0402, 0207, 2512, 0201. Ratings: 50mW to 10W.

Assembly stock from the JLCPCB library, read 2026-09-24. That is what a board house will place for you — not everything a distributor sells.

The same value, marked differently

Surface mount

6R2· three-digit

6R20· four-digit, precision parts

Five bands

BlueRedBlackSilverBrown

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 6.2 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 6.2 Ω when combined.