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Ohm Bands

Orange Orange Black Orange Brown — 330 kΩ

Read left to right, starting from the end where the bands are grouped. The brown band is the tolerance and always sits alone at the far end. Five bands means three significant digits — this is a precision part.

330×1k±1%
Orange3Orange3Black0Orange×1kBrown±1%

Value

330 kΩ

Range at ±1%

326.7 kΩ – 333.3 kΩ


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Orange1st digit — 3
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3Black3rd digit — 0
4OrangeMultiplier — ×1k
5BrownTolerance — ±1%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

15.2 µA · 75.8 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

36.4 µA · 436 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 334.

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.