Here's Why Decorating With Mustard Yellow Helps Fill Your Interiors With a Sense of "Confident Calm"

Gray living room with curved gray ottoman, curved mustard velvet sofa, red round sculpture on wall, red armchair, round pillows, and mustard yellow throw.

Decorating with mustard yellow had more than a moment over the last decade. For a time, it seemed you couldn't turn without seeing it. But is it still relevant, and does it have staying power? Absolutely — in fact, I think it has what it takes to becomes a real contemporary classic.

Bold, comforting, and warm, mustard yellow is essentially a gold without any of the potential gaudiness. Well, technically it’s yellow — but it really doesn’t feel like it. Rich, but not overly so, and a little bright, decorating with mustard yellow enfolds you into its simmering heat rather than blocking you out with a metallic high shine or the sharp edge of citrus.