After Shock Color

#fec65f

After Shock is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0139a0
Complementary Color #5f96fd
Color Shade: orange (38.87° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 68.43% (better contrasting with black)
After Shock Color Sample
After Shock Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fec65f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to After Shock Color. The Cheesy Grin color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lemon Drizzle (#fee483) for more calm effect. Try Butter Ridge as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5f96fd is the best complementary color to After Shock. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fec65f complementary color is Cornflower Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Golden Tainoi are #fd765f and #e6fd5f. Thus found on the left and right of #fec65f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bittersweet and Canary colors as they work well with After Shock.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary After Shock palette consists of #765ffd and #5fe6fd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5f96fd). Try Cornflower Blue and Malibu colors in combination with #fec65f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #fec65f offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the After Shock. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of After Shock contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #fec65f square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. After Shock tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5f96fd) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brink Pink – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5ffdc6 and #fd5f96.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fec65f is made of 46% red, 36% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode After Shock has a hue angle of 38.87°, a saturation of 98.76% and a lightness of 68.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fec65f is made of 0% cyan, 21.96% magenta, 62.36% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fec65f
RGB Decimal rgb(254,198,95)
RGB Percentage 46%, 36%, 17%
CMYK 0, 21.96, 62.36, 0.39
HSL hsl(38.87,98.76%,68.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.87,62.6%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.0649,9.2528,58.0265)
XYZ xyz(63.1327,62.2852,19.5213)
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