Skip to main content
W9VCF
Home
Antennas
Dipole Calculator
Circuits
Pi Attenuator Calculator
Ohm's Law Calculator
Color Codes Calculator
Propagation
Solar Data
LOS Estimator
Miscellaneous
Metric Conversions
Unit Converter
Back to Main Site
★ Get Licensed
Resistor/Inductor Color Code Calculator
Calculate the value of a resistor or axial inductor from its color bands.
Type:
Resistor
Inductor
5-band code
Band 1:
Black (0)
Brown (1)
Red (2)
Orange (3)
Yellow (4)
Green (5)
Blue (6)
Violet (7)
Gray (8)
White (9)
Band 2:
Black (0)
Brown (1)
Red (2)
Orange (3)
Yellow (4)
Green (5)
Blue (6)
Violet (7)
Gray (8)
White (9)
Band 3:
Black (0)
Brown (1)
Red (2)
Orange (3)
Yellow (4)
Green (5)
Blue (6)
Violet (7)
Gray (8)
White (9)
Multiplier:
Silver (0.01)
Gold (0.1)
Black (1)
Brown (10)
Red (100)
Orange (1000)
Yellow (10000)
Green (100000)
Blue (1000000)
Violet (10000000)
Gray (100000000)
White (1000000000)
Tolerance:
None (±20%)
Silver (±10%)
Gold (±5%)
Brown (±1%)
Red (±2%)
Green (±0.5%)
Blue (±0.25%)
Violet (±0.1%)
Gray (±0.05%)
Calculate