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Ohm Bands

9.1 kΩ resistor colour code

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

91×100±5%
White9Brown1Red×100Gold±5%

Nominal

9.1 kΩ

9,100 ohms

Real range at ±5%

8.645 kΩ – 9.555 kΩ

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

E24 only — stocked less often.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1White1st digit — 9
2Brown2nd digit — 1
3RedMultiplier — ×100
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 V363 µA1.2 mW1/8 W
5 V549 µA2.75 mW1/8 W
12 V1.32 mA15.8 mW1/8 W
24 V2.64 mA63.3 mW1/4 W

What you can actually get

Parts made

180

74th most of 1,465 values

In stock

0

across 0 of them

Cheapest at 100

$0.0015

each

Tolerances sold

±0.1% to ±5%

8 grades in all

Packages: 1206, 0603, 0805, 0402, 1210, 2512, 2010, 0201. Ratings: 30mW to 5W.

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

$0.13

$0.013 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1

The reel price

$0.00196

each, but only from 100,000 pieces up

Sitting in stock

2,358,605

across 30 part numbers

Per piece, ten costs 6.6× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.

Stocked in ±0.1% and ±0.5% and ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/20 W to 1/4 W.

Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RT0603FRE079K1L 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

Surface mount

912· three-digit

9101· four-digit, precision parts

Five bands

WhiteBrownBlackBrownBrown

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 9.1 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.

If you do not have one

Standard values that land within 1% of 9.1 kΩ when combined.