MVC EnumDropDownListFor with Enum Display Description attribute as the value

You need to get display name (DisplayAttribute) from Enum, Check below Example to set the value of Enum Display Description attribute

Action (binding dropdownlist)

public ActionResult Index()
        {   
            var enumDataColours = from CSSColours e in Enum.GetValues(typeof(CSSColours))
                           select new
                           {
                               ID = StaticHelper.GetDescriptionOfEnum((CSSColours)e),
                               Name = e.ToString()
                           };
            ViewBag.EnumColoursList = new SelectList(enumDataColours, "ID", "Name");
            return View();
        }

Helper method GetDescriptionOfEnum to get Description attribute by enum name

public static class StaticHelper
    {
        public static string GetDescriptionOfEnum(Enum value)
        {
            var type = value.GetType();
            if (!type.IsEnum) throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Type '{0}' is not Enum", type));

            var members = type.GetMember(value.ToString());
            if (members.Length == 0) throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Member '{0}' not found in type '{1}'", value, type.Name));

            var member = members[0];
            var attributes = member.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DisplayAttribute), false);
            if (attributes.Length == 0) throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("'{0}.{1}' doesn't have DisplayAttribute", type.Name, value));

            var attribute = (System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DisplayAttribute)attributes[0];
            return attribute.Description;
        }
    }

Razor view

@Html.DropDownList("EnumDropDownColours", ViewBag.EnumColoursList as SelectList)

Enum

public enum CSSColours
    {
        [Display(Description = "bg-green")]
        Green,

        [Display(Description = "bg-blue")]
        Blue,
    }