Skip to content
Ohm Bands

Green White Silver Gold — 0.59 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.

59×0.01±5%
Green5White9Silver×0.01Gold±5%

Value

0.59 Ω

Range at ±5%

0.5605 Ω – 0.6195 Ω

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
2White2nd digit — 9
3SilverMultiplier — ×0.01
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

8.47 A · 42.4 W · part

Across 12 V

20.3 A · 244 W · part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: R59.

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.