My foyer is painted SW Lemon Chiffon and we love it.

Take a deep breath! I know it can be sooo overwhelming when you are sweating the details.

Don't stress so much about DD's bedroom. It's got to be one of the easier rooms to paint over later if you're not happy with whatever color you go with. It's not like a 20x25 ft great room.

Decide how light or deep the yellow you want is. Line up the SW paint sample cards, you'll find some leaning to orange. Usually if you want a pure color it will be on the card that's in the middle of the rest.

Fairytale's lemon chiffon is pretty. The thing about yellow is it's ALL cheerful (She's three, she'll like whichever one you choose).

If you can use BM paint, I have always heard that Hawthorne Yellow is a good, tasteful yellow. It has been a Pottery Barn color pick many times. Also, you might look at BM Barley and Concord Ivory, which is yellow. One thing about yellow paint, it often looks overwhelmingly yellow in a just painted room. After you put your furniture back in, it should calm it down.
Good luck, you will find your color.

OK, it is not SW, but here is a color I have used in two houses. It's BM Concord Ivory

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This is a step down and is called Westin Flax.
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Yellows are so hard to get right. They always seem WAY more yellow on the wall than they do on the chip. My experience has been find the color of yellow I THINK I want, then go more muddy gold from there.

Here is a retired SW color called Playful Yellow. It is very soft and cheerful. I don't remember what the strip looked like, but this was only the second color down, so you could go a bit darker if you wanted more oomph. This is a former house...I wish I had a better photo, this one doesn't really do it justice. It was a lovely color.

(Sorry for the vertigo-inducing angle of this pic!)

Mine is from my previous house - please excuse the stripped-down look but the pictures were taken when the house was up for sale. The color is C2 Limon. It looks a little washed-out from the flash but it was a pretty light yellow like lemon yogurt, very cheerful but not overpowering. We're actually going to reuse the color in this house's guest room, we liked it well enough. It's pretty similar to the Lemon Chiffon shown above.

What I found I had to do was to pick a yellow I liked and then go one shade paler to keep it from going "egg-yolky" on the wall.

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Here is Benjamin Moore's Rich Creme

This is BM Hepplewhite Ivory. The part in the corner near the ceiling or that thin strip to the left of the door is where it looks most true. It is a pretty cheerfull yellow leaning to a lemon yellow.

Try Jersey Cream from SW

Here is a link that might be useful: Jersey Cream

funcolors - I love your pictures. Can you tell me what color the blue is in the shot of the gold chair in the corner? Thanks in advance....

Our bedroom is a BM colour. If you like it I will look up the name. It looks soft sometimes, and very clear at other times.

We used Stuart Gold by Benjamin Moore

Note, you can buy a sample pot of the BM Rich Creme if you want to try it before committing to a large can. I really think you'll like it. It's very soft and has no undertones.

I love the BM Rich Cream and wish that was the color I used in my bedroom. The Ralph Lauren Deep Cream mixed in a BM Pearl Finish is finally growing on me after I added the sheers to my windows but has a tad of lemon in it that I like for other rooms but not for my bedroom. Brutuses, thank you for posting the picture of the BM Rich Cream.

I like gold and yellow walls but the tones of yellow vary so much I am learning. I am learnig the tone matters since it must go with what is in the room and the color changes with what is around it. Even my Linen blinds now do not clash with my walls anymore since I added the white Sensations Semi-Sheers to my windows.

Monablair, I love the Bm Stuart Gold with your furniture in those two beautiful bedrooms.

Kswl, That yellow is perfect in your bedroom since it goes so well with your drapes and bedding. Can you find out the name of the yellow please.

Funcolors, I love the SW Jersey Cream!

Chloe45, I love the BM Hepplewhite Ivory an almost used that color but thought it was too light but I see now it is very nice and not too light since it goes so well with white trim like I wanted.

Fairytailbaby, I just love the SW Lemon Chiffon in your foyer. It is so happy, bright and pretty... a very welcoming color coming into a home.

Bungalow House, that SW Playful yellow looks so nice on the walls going up the steps.

Newhomebuilder, I love the Weston Flax color on your walls.

RL Yellowhammer.

Here is a link that might be useful: RL Yellow

The blue living room is done in Ellen Kennon's Wedgwood and the ceiling is EK's Aqua. That is one of my very favorite rooms ever. :D Her fruniture wasn't spankin' new, many of those pieces including the gold chair were hand-me-downs from parents. When it was done, the room was comfortably elegant. Not something that's easy to achieve IMO.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ellen Kennon Full Spectrum Paints

This is Waverly Soft Cream

I will have to see if I have another pic with the whole room.

Lynne2006, the color in our mbr is BM Hawthorne Yellow. We've had it that colour for almost two and a half years and have not tired of it yet.

I would definitely paint a test on bristol board before committing to Hawthorne Yellow. It can be like eggyolk yellow in some circumstances.I had a designer choose it for my master, and weston flax for the ensuite.The weston flax I like becuase everything in the ensuite is white with very larege mirrors and windows hence lots of light.Our master bedroom faces north as well so that is something to consider as opposed to a southfacing (warmer) exposure. OUr floral bedspread had a lot of dark green and our furniture is oak with off white carpet. As you may know what you have in a room reflects onto the walls and with the green on the bedspread it really intensified the walls. So much that even the designer said it was not the right choice. Hubby would have shot me if I had suggested repainting as it is quite large. Instead I purchased a new comforter, still with greens but a much lighter color and it took it down a little. I have a lot of yellow in my home but my very favorite is BM Man on the Moon.I will never use that particular shade again as there are so many other nicer Bm yellows to choose from.

SW Convivial Yellow. I think it would be perfect for a 3 yo room.

Kswl, Thank you for letting me know the color in your Master Bederoom is BM Hawthorne Yellow. It really is the perfect color for your bedroom. I am glad you still are enjoying the color after almost 2.5 years. I am really seeing that the accessories, trim, comforter and window treatments all make a wall color work or not work. Your room just works and I love the wall color.

lauraella, I just love the Waverly Soft Cream. Please if you can, I would love to see it in a room.

I can second the vote for BM Barley. I have it in a small playroom in my summer cottage, and I know someone else who has it in her foyer. It's a nice cheery yellow but it's not too bright or babyish. Another similar color is BM Vellum.

Kswl, May I ask what light exposure your room is getting? My Master in Hawthorne Yellow faces north and the color is quite dark, AS mentioned in my post if you have dark bedspread it will reflect up onto the walls. I notice that you have a lot of white in the room and that and perhaps a different exposure would be the difference that there is such big difference.I certainly saw a difference in the color of the walls when I put on my lighter green or especially when I put on my white matlesse for summer. It was a real lesson for me seeing that difference in color with different bed coverings.

I did a really soft yellow Sole from SW I think, It is really light and no color changes...Yellow is hard to photogragh and this looks darker than it is.... I love it.
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"Delicate Cream" by California Paints

wearybuilder,
Don't cry! I think there are lots of good options posted here. When I saw that this is for your 3-yr-old, I thought I'd share pics of my 5 yr-old's bedroom. I went with BM Provence Creme. I like this yellow because it changes with the light, but remains very soothing (at least to me). It is on the lighter side, but this color makes my daughter smile... I also consider yellow a great neutral and if she gets into purple, animal prints, blue, etc it will always go. Best of luck to you on your paint quest...

kimbo: Beautiful yellow!

Kimbo, a perfect pretty yellow for a child's room. I love the room also. I love when children have fun happy bedrooms.

Organic, what wood species and what finish and stain are your hardwood floors? I really love them and now that I am considering hardwood floors, I notice this first about rooms. I also like he delicate cream on your walls. Yellow rooms are growing on me now which is making me happier with my Deep Cream bedroom. I just learned in life that tones of yellows have to go with other tones in the room an then cream and yellow walls work.

Hi Lynne! They're natural oak, no stain, just polyurethane (3 coats). :)

Kimbo the room is just cute. I love the yellow. Can you give me the diminsions of the room? I think it will be about the size of my dd's room and I will have the same pieces.

Organic, do you know if your natural oak floors are white oak or red oak? I like the look a lot.

mscajunpie,
Thank you! I am glad you like it. That room is 12' X 14'...the wall with the bed on it is 14 ft wide, and my closet door is 2' 6". So the wall with the two windows and the wall with the 3 pictures and storage bench are both 12'. I was worried I would have too much furniture and that her queen bed was too big for the space, but it really is fine (her room in our former house was much bigger). Hope that helps!

Check out Ralph Lauren Surfboard Yellow. DS has had it in his room since toddlerhood, repainted once - he's almost 10. This shade is very versatile - looks great with navy, chambray blue, red. I think pink accents would work too.

SW Vanillin (guest room at my old house)

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My DD used BM Moonlight throughout one of her houses and in GS room. I loved it.

Here's SW Compatible Cream on the wall and SW Napery on the ceiling in natural light. It's a nice yellow that's not too bright. There's a link to the finished room below.
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Here is a link that might be useful: My Bedroom on Rate My Space

OP here....thank you all so very, very much for all the responses! So many pretty colors!

I have narrowed it down to these so far:

BM yellow lotus (2021-50)
BM provence creme (2021-60)
BM hawthorne yellow (hc-4)
BM weston flax (hc-5)
BM sundance (2022-50)
BM light yellow (2022-60)

SW lemon chiffon (6686)
SW lantern light (6687)
SW optimistic yellow (6900)
SW lily (6693)
SW glad yellow (6694)

Whew! I think my top 2 are SW optimistic yellow and SW glad yellow.

I'm calmer, but still twitching...I'd love some feedback on my "short" (LOL) list!

Thank you again! You've all been tremendously helpful! DH even offered to post a thank-you note! ;)

lyfia, I just adore the SW Vanillin on the walls. I almost tried a sample of that also and now wish I did. It looks like it is a nice contrast with white and very neutral but pretty.

Lynn2006,

I will have to take a current pic. The walls are Soft Cream and we did the ceiling in Clean White, I think, I will have to look. Love how it turned out.

Thanks,

Laura