Gold Coast
We've categorized Gold Coast as a versatile Orange because of its unique LRV profile. We have documented it across our network because it can add character and warmth to any space so effectively. Explore our collection of 10 room photos to see how it looks alongside coordinating accent choices.
Hex
#C78538
LRV
29.21
Gold Coast's Color Strip
Gold Coast is the sixth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Honeycomb and Butterscotch. The strip spans from Inviting Ivory at the lightest end to Butterscotch at the deepest. Strip 129 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Gold Coast in Real Rooms
Gold Coast has a medium LRV of 29.21 — it adds real depth and will read noticeably darker as natural light fades. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Orange family, the photos below show it applied in a bathroom, front door, bedroom, home office, dining room, living room, patio, house, kitchen and mudroom.
1 Bathroom Photo
In a powder room, Gold Coast can be used floor-to-ceiling to create a dramatic, high-impact experience for guests. Because these rooms are small and transitional, they can handle the full intensity of the color's personality without feeling overwhelming.
Gold Coast — earthy bathroom
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1 Front Door Photo
Gold Coast on a front door looks particularly stunning when framed by greenery or seasonal wreaths. The color provides a deep, matte background that makes the organic textures of a boxwood wreath or autumn garland really pop.
classy front door featuring Gold Coast by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Bedroom Photo
Lighting is key in a bedroom, and Gold Coast reacts beautifully to dimmers. As you lower the lights for sleep, the color takes on a velvet-like quality, losing its daytime crispness in favor of a smoky, mysterious depth that is incredibly conducive to relaxation.
A industrial bedroom painted in Gold Coast
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1 Home Office Photo
The transition from "home life" to "work life" can be signaled by the color of the room. Entering a space painted in Gold Coast provides a mental shift, telling your brain that it's time to settle in and be productive.
Sherwin-Williams Gold Coast in a contemporary home office
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1 Dining Room Photo
The color Gold Coast has a way of making wood furniture look its best. Whether you have a dark mahogany table or a light oak sideboard, the undertones of the paint will pull out the natural beauty and grain of the wood.
Gold Coast paint in a art deco dining room
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1 Living Room Photo
For open-concept living rooms, Gold Coast is a powerful tool for definition. It has enough presence to signal where the living area begins without creating a harsh visual break from the rest of the house. It defines the "zone" of relaxation through color psychology and sophisticated depth.
A organic modern living room painted in Gold Coast
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1 Patio Photo
Outside, Gold Coast takes on a completely different life. Whether on deck boards, patio furniture, a fence, or a garden wall, it weathers beautifully and holds its character in open light. It is a natural companion to stone, weathered wood, and greenery.
industrial patio featuring Gold Coast by Sherwin-Williams
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1 House Photo
Exterior paint earns its keep over years, not months — it needs to handle bleaching summers, wet winters, and the slow shifts of a neighborhood's context. Gold Coast has the depth and pigment quality to age gracefully through all of it.
Gold Coast color — maximalist house inspiration
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1 Kitchen Photo
The challenge with kitchen color is longevity: it needs to look right at 7am under bright task lights and at dinner with the pendants dimmed low. Gold Coast manages to bridge all three lighting scenarios with ease, which is a rarer quality in a paint pigment than it sounds.
Gold Coast — modern luxury kitchen
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1 Mudroom Photo
In a mudroom, Gold Coast provides a clean "reset" as you enter the home. It's a palette cleanser that helps you leave the stress of the outside world at the door, creating a transition zone that is both functional and beautiful.
Gold Coast — industrial mudroom
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Coordinating Colors
Vanillin reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 29), opening up a space where Gold Coast encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 29, Shell White is decisively the brighter choice.
Gold Coast reflects far more light (LRV 29 vs 16), opening up a space where Exclusive Plum encloses it.
Trim Color
Vanillin reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 29), opening up a space where Gold Coast encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Gold Coast reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 30 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (34 vs 29) makes Golden Rule the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (29 vs 25) makes Gold Coast the marginally brighter of the two.
Curry reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 30 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Dockside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 29), opening up a space where Gold Coast encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (35 vs 29) makes Powder Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 29, Hinting Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Mild Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 29), opening up a space where Gold Coast encloses it.
Aleutian reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Solitude reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (38 vs 29) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Butternut reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Alchemy reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Autumnal reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Gold Coast reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Monarch Gold reflects far more light (LRV NaN vs NaN), opening up a space where Gold Coast encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (29 vs 18) makes Gold Coast the marginally brighter of the two.
A 6-point LRV gap (29 vs 23) makes Gold Coast the marginally brighter of the two.
Gold Coast reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.