Orange White Silver Gold — 0.39 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: R39.

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 White Silver0.19 Ω
• Red White Silver0.29 Ω
• Orange Black Silver0.3 Ω
• Orange Brown Silver0.31 Ω
• Orange Red Silver0.32 Ω
• Orange Orange Silver0.33 Ω
• Orange Yellow Silver0.34 Ω
• Orange Green Silver0.35 Ω