I love this headboard. But as a designer, color is extremely important to me. My room is made up of cool colors, so I assumes this would be more of a light cream/gray color. I got it and put it up in my room and to my horror it was yellow. You know, the yellow in those bamboo sun shades that your grandma used to shade her porch. Also, the holes in the bottom didn't line up at all with our super generic metal bed frame. The quality is pretty good, but if you are OCD about your metal stud decorations on your furniture being evenly spaced, then this headboard is not for you.