Brown Red Orange Gold — 12 kΩ

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: 123.

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 Black Orange10 kΩ
• Brown Brown Orange11 kΩ
• Brown Red Brown120 Ω
• Brown Red Red1.2 kΩ
• Brown Red Yellow120 kΩ
• Brown Red Green1.2 MΩ
• Brown Orange Orange13 kΩ
• Brown Yellow Orange14 kΩ