What does the orange resistor band represent as the first digit?

In the context of resistor color coding, the orange band represents a specific numerical value. The color code used for resistors assigns numbers to colors as follows:

• Black = 0

• Brown = 1

• Red = 2

• Orange = 3

• Yellow = 4

• Green = 5

• Blue = 6

• Violet = 7

• Gray = 8

• White = 9

Therefore, the orange band corresponds to the digit 3. When reading a resistor's value, the first band gives the first significant digit of the resistance value, and since orange is associated with the number 3, it correctly indicates that as the first digit of the resistor's value.