UX Designer here. In my first 4 or so years of web designing I found I did this often. Low contrast elements is they easy/lazy way out, you can clearly give th

UX Designer here. In my first 4 or so years of web designing I found I did this often. Low contrast elements is they easy/lazy way out, you can clearly give things more importance just by giving the element greater contrast, but it's not good design. In my case it was learning this. Learning to feel comfortable with every single element I was putting on the page, learning how to balance correctly contrasted objects, giving elements the right sizing and ultimately having confidence as a designer.