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Ohm Bands

866 Ω resistor colour code

Five bands: Grey · Blue · Blue · Black · Brown. The first three give the digits — a precision value needs all three — then the multiplier, then how far off the real part may be.

866×1±1%
Grey8Blue6Blue6Black×1Brown±1%

Nominal

866 Ω

866 ohms

Real range at ±1%

857.34 Ω – 874.66 Ω

A brown band allows this much drift.

Series

E96

A 1% precision value. Five bands, not four.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Grey1st digit — 8
2Blue2nd digit — 6
3Blue3rd digit — 6
4BlackMultiplier — ×1
5BrownTolerance — ±1%

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 V3.81 mA12.6 mW1/8 W
5 V5.77 mA28.9 mW1/8 W
12 V13.9 mA166 mW1/2 W
24 V27.7 mA665 mW2 W

What you can actually get

Parts made

82

440th most of 1,465 values

In stock

0

across 0 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0043

each

Tolerances sold

±0.01% to ±1%

5 grades in all

Packages: 0805, 0603, 1206, 1210, 0402, 0201, 2512. Ratings: 50mW to 6W.

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

$0.00198

each, but only from 100,000 pieces up

Sitting in stock

541,262

across 6 part numbers

Per piece, ten costs 10.1× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.

Stocked in ±1%, rated 1/16 W to 1/4 W.

Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RMCF0402FT866R 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

Surface mount

871· three-digit, nearest only

8660· four-digit, precision parts

91C· EIA-96, for the smallest parts

Three digits carry two significant figures, so they cannot write 866 Ω — 871 means 870 Ω. A part at this value is marked 8660.

If you only have E24

WhiteBrownBrownGold

910 Ω is the nearest four-band value — +5.1% off.

Values that can overlap this one

At ±1% the tolerance bands of neighbouring values run into each other. A part sold as one of these could measure the same as a 866 Ω — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 866 Ω when combined.