The best ceiling lights for a bedroom

Most bedrooms have one ceiling light, and it has two jobs that pull in opposite directions. In the morning it needs to be bright enough to find things in a closet and get dressed. In the evening it should be warm and low, or off entirely in favor of bedside lamps.

An integrated-LED flush mount can do both if it publishes enough output, offers a warm color setting, and dims. Those are the three things the picks below are judged on. The alternative - an ordinary fixture with good bulbs - is still perfectly valid and is covered in best flush mount ceiling lights.

Maxxima 14 in. panel - the pick. 2,500 published lumens - comfortably more than a typical bedroom needs - with five color temperatures from 2700K to 5000K. It is the only integrated fixture here with a true 2700K setting, which is the one most people want in a bedroom, and it is the brightest fixture on the page.
Cons: CRI is not published at all; the color is set at installation, not day to day; dimmer compatibility is not published; no damp rating, so keep it dry.

Feit Electric 13 in. color selectable - the brightest, and the easiest to change your mind with. 1,575 lumens with 3000K, 4000K or 5000K chosen on the fixture - or changed after installation by flipping the wall switch. If you are not sure what color you want, it lets you find out without a ladder.
Cons: no 2700K setting; CRI 80; dimmer type not published.

Lithonia Versi Lite 7 in. - the best light, in a small size. CRI 90 with 3000K, 4000K or 5000K selectable, dimming down to 3 - 10% on most standard incandescent dimmers, and damp and wet rated. The light quality is the best here.
Cons: 695 lumens is too little for most bedrooms on its own; 7 inches looks small on a bedroom ceiling. Better for a closet, hall or reading nook.

Feit Electric A19, enclosed rated - if you keep the fixture you have. About 1,500 lumens at 2700K and CRI 90+, rated for enclosed and damp fixtures - the bulb that makes an ordinary dome light behave. No electrician required.
Cons: output is given as an equivalence; it still runs warm inside a sealed dome.

Set it warm at installation. The Maxxima's color is set when the fixture goes up. Choose 2700K or 3000K for a bedroom - Feit's own guidance puts soft white in bedrooms - rather than leaving it on a cool factory setting.

Put it on a dimmer that suits it. Integrated LEDs and dimmers do not always agree. Lithonia names standard incandescent dimmers; for the others, check before buying - the mechanism is in LED dimmer compatibility.

Let lamps do the evening. A ceiling light is for tasks. For the last hour of the day, bedside lamps at a low level do the job better - see best bedside lamps.

Consider a fan. In warm climates the bedroom ceiling light is often a fan light kit. The fans that publish their light output are in best ceiling fans with lights.