Skip to content
Ohm Bands

Green Orange Violet Gold — 530 MΩ

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.

53×10M±5%
Green5Orange3Violet×10MGold±5%

Value

530 MΩ

Range at ±5%

503.5 MΩ – 556.5 MΩ

Standard value

Non-standard

No E24 part carries this value — check you are reading from the right end.


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Green1st digit — 5
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3VioletMultiplier — ×10M
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

0.00943 µA · 0.0472 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

0.0226 µA · 0.272 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 537.

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.