Blue Red Brown Gold — 620 Ω

Read left to right, starting from the end where the bands are grouped. The gold band is the tolerance and always sits alone at the far end.

What each band says

In a circuit

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 621.

If you misread one band

Brown and red, or orange and red, are easy to confuse under a desk lamp. These are the codes one band away from this one.

• Brown Red Brown120 Ω
• Red Red Brown220 Ω
• Orange Red Brown320 Ω
• Yellow Red Brown420 Ω
• Green Red Brown520 Ω
• Blue Black Brown600 Ω
• Blue Brown Brown610 Ω
• Blue Red Black62 Ω