Improve Default Light+Theme contrast

[ericoloewe]

Today is very difficult to stay more than 1 hour with the Default Light Theme because there is no "basic" contrast on it.

Contrast is important to stay more time front a screen. And the light theme is important to does not force our eyes 😄.

For more info, you can read this article: Dark or Light UI? The UX Influence.

• VSCode Version: 1.33.1
• OS Version: Window_NT x64 10.0.18362

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VSCode
2. File > Preferences > Color Theme
3. Choose `Light + (default light)

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[Xarkam]

Hello,

I am a Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio 2019 user.

For my visual comfort in high brightness, I decided to use the white theme in Visual Studio Code.

Activating it, I immediately noticed that the white theme lacks contrast on some colors.

Here are two images, the first comes from Visual Studio Code and the second from Visual Studio 2019.
Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio 2019

As we can see, in Visual Studio the contrast is better.
Note also that the font is finer in Visual Studio Code than Visual Studio. I think it's due to Electron because both software are configured identically.

The increase in font-weigth on a normal screen comes back to having bold.

Would it not be possible to review the contrast of this theme?

[miguelsolorio]

Thanks for the feedback. While our default themes may not meet your expectations for contrast, there are several other themes available in the marketplace that you can choose from as well. With that being said, I'll be closing this issue as as-deigned.