diff --git a/.changeset/signed-odd-length-hex.md b/.changeset/signed-odd-length-hex.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d2bd2cf99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/signed-odd-length-hex.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"viem": patch
+---
+
+Fixed `hexToBigInt` and `hexToNumber` throwing `RangeError: The number 1.5 cannot be converted to a BigInt` when `signed: true` is used with an odd-length hex value (e.g. the documented example `hexToBigInt('0x1a4', { signed: true })`, or minimal-encoded RPC quantities such as `0x0`). The byte size of the value is now rounded up.
diff --git a/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.test.ts b/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.test.ts
index ac91c8fa5b..8bc4da3e6c 100644
--- a/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ describe('converts hex to number', () => {
     expect(hexToNumber('0x00027760a62ec2ac', { signed: true })).toBe(
       694206942069420,
     )
+
+    // odd-length hex
+    expect(hexToNumber('0x0', { signed: true })).toBe(0)
+    expect(hexToNumber('0x1a4', { signed: true })).toBe(420)
   })
 
   test('args: size', () => {
@@ -129,6 +133,11 @@ describe('converts hex to bigint', () => {
         { signed: true },
       ),
     ).toBe(-12312312312312312412n)
+
+    // odd-length hex
+    expect(hexToBigInt('0x0', { signed: true })).toBe(0n)
+    expect(hexToBigInt('0xf', { signed: true })).toBe(15n)
+    expect(hexToBigInt('0x1a4', { signed: true })).toBe(420n)
   })
 
   test('args: size', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.ts b/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.ts
index 993b98a1d5..13bf84960c 100644
--- a/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.ts
+++ b/src/utils/encoding/fromHex.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export function hexToBigInt(hex: Hex, opts: HexToBigIntOpts = {}): bigint {
   const value = BigInt(hex)
   if (!signed) return value
 
-  const size = (hex.length - 2) / 2
+  const size = Math.ceil((hex.length - 2) / 2)
   const max = (1n << (BigInt(size) * 8n - 1n)) - 1n
   if (value <= max) return value