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Ohm Bands

Orange Orange Red Yellow Brown — 3.32 MΩ

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.

332×10k±1%
Orange3Orange3Red2Yellow×10kBrown±1%

Value

3.32 MΩ

Range at ±1%

3.2868 MΩ – 3.3532 MΩ


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Orange1st digit — 3
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3Red3rd digit — 2
4YellowMultiplier — ×10k
5BrownTolerance — ±1%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

1.51 µA · 7.53 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

3.61 µA · 43.4 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 335.

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.