It is hard for me to judge how much of this is a real a11y problem and how much is personal preference and change aversion.

On Windows 10, Chrome's context menu colors are close to, but not precisely the same as, Windows native.  Windows actually uses a lower-contrast grey-on-grey scheme, and Edge has a similar one.  So at least if Chrome users are unhappy here, they're probably unhappy about the whole OS.

One question would be whether Win 10 lets you customize these colors, and if so, if Chrome respects those.  If not, that sounds like a11y to me.

I'm inclined to WontFix this, but perhaps a UI person should weigh in as to whether/how we've considered this for the Harmony world.  Not sure who the right one is, +CC maxwalker.

fwiw, this change has made it more difficult for me to notice which one is highlighted at a quick glance

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62.0.3201.0 (Official Build) canary (64-bit) (cohort: 64-Bit)
Windows 10 1607 14393.1593

I am able to reproduce this and give a little more info. 

Here is the highlight in native Windows colors: 

https://screenshot.googleplex.com/ouZfWmwqOdE.png
The contrast ratio of the text to the highlight is: 13.7:1
The contrast ratio of the highlight to the background is: 1.2:1 -- very low. 

I then set Windows to High Contrast mode where focus highlights are bright green. Restarted Chrome Canary. 
Chrome respects the color inversion requested by Windows, but the focus highlight is still gray per this screenshot: 

https://screenshot.googleplex.com/1mFoTdhh9hR.png
The contrast ratio of the text to the highlight is: 12.2:1
The contrast ratio of the highlight to the background is: 1.6:1

Finally, I did this test after putting Windows back to its native display and installing the Chrome High Contrast Extension, then restarting Chrome Canary per this screenshot: 
https://screenshot.googleplex.com/XDybY4BqW9R.png

The high contrast mode is not respected therefore the contrast ratio is the same as the original condition. 

Thanks,

Laura 

Hi Hwi, please take a look at this. Thanks!