Backdrop Cookies & Cream#E5DCC4 · LRV 73
Why this color. Backdrop's bestselling soft warm neutral.
Cookies & Cream reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Backdrop BD-CC actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Backdrop |
| Name | Cookies & Cream |
| SKU | BD-CC |
| Hex | #E5DCC4 |
| RGB | 229, 220, 196 |
| HSL | 44°, 39%, 83% |
| LRV | 73 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Neutral |
Kompozit alternative
The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all neutral from that brand.
PPG / Glidden
Benjamin Moore
Valspar
Sherwin-Williams
Behr
Farrow & Ball
Magnolia Home
Dunn-Edwards
Clare
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E5DCC4 in HSL space. Pair Cookies & Cream with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.