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Ohm Bands

Yellow Green Orange Yellow Brown — 4.53 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.

453×10k±1%
Yellow4Green5Orange3Yellow×10kBrown±1%

Value

4.53 MΩ

Range at ±1%

4.4847 MΩ – 4.5753 MΩ


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Yellow1st digit — 4
2Green2nd digit — 5
3Orange3rd digit — 3
4YellowMultiplier — ×10k
5BrownTolerance — ±1%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

1.1 µA · 5.52 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

2.65 µA · 31.8 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 455.

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.