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Four Bands

300 Ω resistor colour code

Four bands: Orange · Black · Brown · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.

30×10±5
Orange3Black0Brown×10Gold±5%

Nominal

300 Ω

300 ohms

Real range at ±5%

285 Ω – 315 Ω

A gold band allows this much drift.

Series

E24

E24 only — stocked less often.


Band by band

BandColourMeaning
1Orange1st digit — 3
2Black2nd digit — 0
3BrownMultiplier — ×10
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

The same value on a five-band part

Precision resistors carry three significant digits instead of two, so the same 300 Ω looks different.

OrangeBlackBlackBrownBrown