Describe the bug

The color of most text written to the console is forced to be light gray, even on terminals with a white background. The contrast is very low, and it is barely readable.

aws/aws-cdk#5242 (from 2019) seems to fix the problem, but it is present in the current version of the CLI.

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Regression Issue

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Last Known Working CDK Library Version

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Expected Behavior

Text should be readable.

Current Behavior

Text is very hard to read due to very low contrast.

Reproduction Steps

Run cdk init on a terminal with white background.

Possible Solution

A possible solution is to detect the background color with DECAC. For example, writing \e]11;?\a to a terminal with white background generates a response like \e]11;rgb:ffff/ffff/ffff\a, and \e]11;rgb:0000/0000/0000\a on terminals with black background.

If the background can't be determined, the CLI should use default color (non-bright variants), instead of forcing the the bright ones.

Additional Information/Context

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AWS CDK Library version (aws-cdk-lib)

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AWS CDK CLI version

2.1022.0

Node.js Version

v22.14.0

OS

Linux

Language

TypeScript

Language Version

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Other information

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