It is not controversial, there is a study by NASA IIRC that concluded exactly this. (edit: add lines below) They even have guidelines for designing with lumin

It is not controversial, there is a study by NASA IIRC that concluded exactly this. (edit: add lines below) They even have guidelines for designing with luminance contrast: https://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/design_lum_0.php https://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/design_lum_0.php