Orange Orange Gold Gold — 3.3 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.

What each band says

In a circuit

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 3R3.

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 Orange Gold1.3 Ω
• Red Orange Gold2.3 Ω
• Orange Black Gold3 Ω
• Orange Brown Gold3.1 Ω
• Orange Red Gold3.2 Ω
• Orange Orange Black33 Ω
• Orange Orange Brown330 Ω
• Orange Orange Silver0.33 Ω