Skip to content
Ohm Bands

Orange Blue Silver Gold — 0.36 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.

36×0.01±5%
Orange3Blue6Silver×0.01Gold±5%

Value

0.36 Ω

Range at ±5%

0.342 Ω – 0.378 Ω

Standard value

E24

Full page for 0.36 Ω →


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Orange1st digit — 3
2Blue2nd digit — 6
3SilverMultiplier — ×0.01
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

13.9 A · 69.4 W · part

Across 12 V

33.3 A · 400 W · part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: R36.

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.