The standard resistor color code table:
| Color |
1st digit |
2nd digit |
3rd digit* |
Multiplier |
Tolerance |
Temp. Coef. |
Fail Rate |
| Black |
0 |
0 |
0 |
×100 |
|
|
|
| Brown |
1 |
1 |
1 |
×101 |
±1% (F) |
100 ppm/K |
1% |
| Red |
2 |
2 |
2 |
×102 |
±2% (G) |
50 ppm/K |
0.1% |
| Orange |
3 |
3 |
3 |
×103 |
|
15 ppm/K |
0.01% |
| Yellow |
4 |
4 |
4 |
×104 |
|
25 ppm/K |
0.001% |
| Green |
5 |
5 |
5 |
×105 |
±0.5% (D) |
|
|
| Blue |
6 |
6 |
6 |
×106 |
±0.25%(C) |
|
|
| Violet |
7 |
7 |
7 |
×107 |
±0.1% (B) |
|
|
| Gray |
8 |
8 |
8 |
×108 |
±0.05% (A) |
|
|
| White |
9 |
9 |
9 |
×109 |
|
|
|
| Gold |
|
|
|
×0.1 |
±5% (J) |
|
|
| Silver |
|
|
|
×0.01 |
±10% (K) |
|
|
| None |
|
|
|
|
±20% (M) |
|
|
* 3rd digit - only for 5-band resistors
One way to remember the
code: B)ad, B)oys, R)un,
O)ver, Y)oung, G)irls, B)ehind,
V)iolet, G)ray, W)alls.
Standard EIA Decade Resistor Values:
E6 series:
(20% tolerance)
10, 15, 22, 33, 47, 68
E12 series: (10%
tolerance)
10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 27, 33, 39, 47, 56, 68, 82
E24 series: (5% tolerance)
10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 43,
47, 51, 56, 62, 68, 75, 82, 91
E48 series: (
2% tolerance)
100, 105, 110, 115, 121, 127, 133, 140, 147, 154, 162, 169, 178,
187, 196, 205, 215, 226, 237, 249, 261, 274, 287, 301, 316, 332,
348, 365, 383, 402, 422, 442, 464, 487, 511, 536, 562, 590, 619,
649, 681, 715, 750, 787, 825, 866, 909, 953
E96 series: (
1%
tolerance)
100, 102, 105, 107, 110, 113, 115, 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 133,
137, 140, 143, 147, 150, 154, 158, 162, 165, 169, 174, 178, 182,
187, 191, 196, 200, 205, 210, 215, 221, 226, 232, 237, 243, 249,
255, 261, 267, 274, 280, 287, 294, 301, 309, 316, 324, 332, 340,
348, 357, 365, 374, 383, 392, 402, 412, 422, 432, 442, 453, 464,
475, 487, 491, 511, 523, 536, 549, 562, 576, 590, 604, 619, 634,
649, 665, 681, 698, 715, 732, 750, 768, 787, 806, 825, 845, 866,
887, 909, 931, 959, 976
E192 series: (0.5, 0.25, 0.1 and 0.05% tolerance)
100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115,
117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135,
137, 138, 140, 142, 143, 145, 147, 149, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158,
160, 162, 164, 165, 167, 169, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184,
187, 189, 191, 193, 196, 198, 200, 203, 205, 208, 210, 213, 215,
218, 221, 223, 226, 229, 232, 234, 237, 240, 243, 246, 249, 252,
255, 258, 261, 264, 267, 271, 274, 277, 280, 284, 287, 291, 294,
298, 301, 305, 309, 312, 316, 320, 324, 328, 332, 336, 340, 344,
348, 352, 357, 361, 365, 370, 374, 379, 383, 388, 392, 397, 402,
407, 412, 417, 422, 427, 432, 437, 442, 448, 453, 459, 464, 470,
475, 481, 487, 493, 499, 505, 511, 517, 523, 530, 536, 542, 549,
556, 562, 569, 576, 583, 590, 597, 604, 612, 619, 626, 634, 642,
649, 657, 665, 673, 681, 690, 698, 706, 715, 723, 732, 741, 750,
759, 768, 777, 787, 796, 806, 816, 825, 835, 845, 856, 866, 876,
887, 898, 909, 920, 931, 942, 953, 965, 976, 988