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Ohm Bands

Yellow Blue Violet Gold — 460 MΩ

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.

46×10M±5%
Yellow4Blue6Violet×10MGold±5%

Value

460 MΩ

Range at ±5%

437 MΩ – 483 MΩ

Standard value

Non-standard

No E24 part carries this value — check you are reading from the right end.


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Yellow1st digit — 4
2Blue2nd digit — 6
3VioletMultiplier — ×10M
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

0.0109 µA · 0.0543 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

0.0261 µA · 0.313 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 467.

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.