ALLIED'S ELECTRONICS DATA HANDBOOK

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Ceramic Capacitor Color Code
EIA Standard RS-198
MILITARY STANDARD MIL-C-20D
Stand-Off Capacitors
(EIA ONLY)

 
3-Dot Disc Capacitors
(RETMA ONLY)
(Voltage rating is always 500 V.,
tolerance is always --0.)

 
3-Dot Button Capacitors
(EIA ONLY)

 
 
 
5-Dot Button Capacitors
(EIA ONLY)
(Voltage rating is
always 500 V.)

 
Feed Through Capacitors
(EIA ONLY)

 
High Capacity Tubulars
(Insulated or Non-Insulated)

 
Temperature Compensating
Tubulars

 
Tubular Capacitors
(Voltage rating is always 500v.)

 
Tubular Capacitors
(Old RMA)

 
MIL Style CC
Rectangular

 
   
 
Note: Styles CC-60 through CC-71
will be color coded here with
Green = 500 and Brown = 150,
working volts DC.
Color Digits of
Capacitance (μμf)
Multiplier
E
Tolerance
F
Temp. Coef. A
(Parts per million per °C.)
B C D 10 μμf or
less (μμf)
Over 10
μμf (%)
 
EIA
 
MILITARY†
Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Gray
 
White
 
Gold
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
 
9
 
---
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
 
9
 
---
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
 
9
 
---
1
10
100
1000
10,000*
---
---
---
0.01
 
0.1
 
---
±2.0
±0.1
±0.25
---
---
±0.5
---
---
±0.25
 
±1.0
 
---
±20
±1
±2
---
±5
---
---
---
Gray
 
±10
 
---
±0
- 33
- 75
-150
-220
-330
-470
-750
+150 to
-1500
+100 to
-750
---
±0
- 30
- 80
-150
-220
-330
-470
-750
---
 
---
 
+100
 *EIA only       †Per charts in MIL-C-20D
 

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