Red Brown Orange Gold — 21 kΩ

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: 213.

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 Brown Orange11 kΩ
• Red Black Orange20 kΩ
• Red Brown Brown210 Ω
• Red Brown Red2.1 kΩ
• Red Brown Yellow210 kΩ
• Red Brown Green2.1 MΩ
• Red Red Orange22 kΩ
• Red Orange Orange23 kΩ