Lush Meadow (Valspar 6005-9C)
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Lush Meadow (Valspar 6005-9C) is a light, warm green from Valspar: LRV 64, so it reflects about 64 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Lush Meadow
Four Valspar colors picked for Lush Meadow by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Lush Meadow, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Oh Pistachio | SW 9033 | 53 | 5.6 | clearly different |
| Benjamin Moore | Sounds of Nature | 556 | 65.1 | 2.0 | very close |
| Behr | Early Spring | MQ4-46 | 63.1 | 2.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Livin' Large | 1221-5 | 66 | 4.3 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar green colors nearest to Lush Meadow (LRV 64) by LRV.
Lighter than Lush Meadow
Darker than Lush Meadow
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 6005-9C |
| Hex | #B7DC98 |
| RGB | 183, 220, 152 |
| HSL | 93°, 49%, 73% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 64 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.7, -24.1, 29.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Lush Meadow (Valspar 6005-9C), published as #B7DC98
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#C8E797
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Lush Meadow (Valspar 6005-9C)?
- Lush Meadow has an LRV of 64. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Lush Meadow is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Lush Meadow in another brand?
- Sounds of Nature (BM 556) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 2.0 (very close).
- Is Lush Meadow warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Lush Meadow as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 29.5; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.