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Gold Bedroom Palette — Antique Gold & Warm Oak

A serene five-color bedroom scheme led by soft antique gold, layered with warm oak and a deep bronze accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Gold is having a quiet, grown-up moment, and the bedroom is where it works best. This scheme leads with Antique Gold on the walls — a softened, dusty gold that glows in low evening light without tipping into brass.

Soft Linen on the trim and ceiling lifts the room and keeps the gold honest, while Warm Greige on a vanity or built-in adds a calm middle tone so nothing competes. The pairing is the whole trick here: gold reads modern when the neutrals around it stay restrained.

Bring in Warm Oak through flooring or a headboard for natural warmth, then ground the whole room with Deep Bronze on a lamp base, frame, or a single accent wall. Let the gold lead and use the bronze sparingly — that balance is what makes this feel like 2026 rather than a throwback.

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Antique Gold
Walls
Valspar Excitable · V055-4
#C8A24F
LRV 39
Soft Linen
Trim & Ceiling
Behr Farm House · S320-1
#EFE8D7
LRV 81
Warm Greige
Cabinets or Vanity
Behr Casual Khaki · N300-3
#D3C5AF
LRV 57
Warm Oak
Wood & Floors
Valspar Gingerbread Brick · V085-5
#8A5F3E
LRV 14
Deep Bronze
Accent
Valspar Fresh Roe · V087-6
#4D3C2A
LRV 5

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Antique Gold
#C9A24B · LRV 39 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6395 · ΔE 2.87
Behr · PPU6-18 · ΔE 2.47
Benjamin Moore · 287 · ΔE 1.98
Valspar · V055-4 · ΔE 0.63
PPG / Glidden · PPG1107-7 · ΔE 1.79
Glidden · PPG1107-7 · ΔE 1.55
Dutch Boy · 120-6DB · ΔE 3.02
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2194 · ΔE 2.87
Dunn-Edwards · DE5376 · ΔE 2.08
Magnolia Home · JG-45 · ΔE 6.3
Farrow & Ball · NO. 66 · ΔE 4.96
Diamond Vogel · 0935 · ΔE 3.65
Hirshfield's · H0026 · ΔE 2.83
Rodda · R050 · ΔE 9.28
C2 Paint · C2-634 · ΔE 4.36
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 6.02
Portola Paints · PIXIE · ΔE 14.33
Annie Sloan · ARLES · ΔE 7.24
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 16.22
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 15.66
Kompozit · 0816 · ΔE 2.89
Soft Linen
#EFE7D6 · LRV 80 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7563 · ΔE 0.98
Behr · S320-1 · ΔE 0.52
Benjamin Moore · 947 · ΔE 0.73
Valspar · V176 · ΔE 0.76
PPG / Glidden · PPG1095-1 · ΔE 0.75
Glidden · PPG1081-1 · ΔE 1.67
Dutch Boy · 010W · ΔE 1.35
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 1.59
Dunn-Edwards · DE6170 · ΔE 0.9
Magnolia Home · JG-16 · ΔE 0.73
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 1.03
Diamond Vogel · OW4 · ΔE 0.52
Hirshfield's · 0014 · ΔE 1.57
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 0.62
C2 Paint · C2-596 · ΔE 1.17
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.35
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.84
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.21
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.7
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.99
Kompozit · 0014 · ΔE 1.57
Warm Greige
#D2C5B0 · LRV 57 · Cabinets or Vanity
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7529 · ΔE 1.15
Behr · N300-3 · ΔE 0.47
Benjamin Moore · HC-83 · ΔE 1.97
Valspar · 8004-20B · ΔE 0.49
PPG / Glidden · PPG1021-2 · ΔE 2.46
Glidden · PPG1021-2 · ΔE 2.32
Dutch Boy · 419-2DB · ΔE 1.05
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 7529 · ΔE 1.15
Dunn-Edwards · DEC767 · ΔE 0.78
Magnolia Home · JG-104 · ΔE 2.29
Farrow & Ball · NO. 227 · ΔE 1.91
Diamond Vogel · 0343 · ΔE 2.46
Hirshfield's · 0349 · ΔE 2.37
Rodda · CA040 · ΔE 2.14
C2 Paint · C2-816 · ΔE 1.87
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 8.36
Portola Paints · TOPANGA · ΔE 4.4
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 4.43
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 3.56
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 11.71
Kompozit · 0349 · ΔE 2.37
Warm Oak
#8A5E3B · LRV 14 · Wood & Floors
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6118 · ΔE 1.6
Behr · PPU4-18 · ΔE 2.19
Benjamin Moore · 2163-10 · ΔE 2.12
Valspar · V085-5 · ΔE 0.69
PPG / Glidden · PPG1068-7 · ΔE 4.62
Glidden · 70YR 13/259 · ΔE 3.08
Dutch Boy · 313-6DB · ΔE 1.48
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3162 · ΔE 2.66
Dunn-Edwards · DEA160 · ΔE 4.79
Magnolia Home · JG-164 · ΔE 2.53
Farrow & Ball · NO. 55 · ΔE 6.48
Diamond Vogel · 0158 · ΔE 4.35
Hirshfield's · 0172 · ΔE 2.38
Rodda · CA226 · ΔE 6.76
C2 Paint · C2-630 · ΔE 5.7
Clare · PNT100-DP-53 · ΔE 14.05
Portola Paints · ZION · ΔE 5.11
Annie Sloan · OLIVE · ΔE 13.97
Backdrop · BD-BA · ΔE 5.21
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 29.15
Kompozit · 0172 · ΔE 2.38
Deep Bronze
#4A3A24 · LRV 5 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9183 · ΔE 4.77
Behr · S-H-710 · ΔE 5.97
Benjamin Moore · CW-165 · ΔE 7.91
Valspar · V087-6 · ΔE 2.22
PPG / Glidden · PPG0995-7 · ΔE 12.81
Glidden · 50YR 06/041 · ΔE 10.33
Dutch Boy · 404-7DB · ΔE 7.6
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2491 · ΔE 7.6
Dunn-Edwards · DEBN13 · ΔE 12.12
Magnolia Home · JG-150 · ΔE 8.94
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9918 · ΔE 9.94
Diamond Vogel · 0515 · ΔE 12.97
Hirshfield's · 0144 · ΔE 7.96
Rodda · CA213 · ΔE 11
C2 Paint · C2-981 · ΔE 12.42
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 11.81
Portola Paints · NOSTALGIA · ΔE 7.98
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 21.57
Backdrop · BD-AH · ΔE 13.64
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 15.53
Kompozit · 0144 · ΔE 7.96

Questions

Will gold walls make a bedroom feel too dark?

Not if you pick a softened, dusty gold like this one rather than a bright metallic. It reads warm and grounded, and the linen trim keeps it from closing in.

How do I keep the gold from feeling dated?

Pair it with a clean greige and natural oak instead of heavy ornament. The result feels current and calm — warm without the early-2000s shine.

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