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Ohm Bands

Yellow Orange Blue Gold — 43 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.

43×1M±5%
Yellow4Orange3Blue×1MGold±5%

Value

43 MΩ

Range at ±5%

40.85 MΩ – 45.15 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
2Orange2nd digit — 3
3BlueMultiplier — ×1M
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

0.116 µA · 0.581 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

0.279 µA · 3.35 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 436.

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.