I honestly don't know, it's just what I was told by someone who is visually impaired a long time ago. That it's easier if people use the names instead of the hex codes because then they can more easily convert that.
As others say, this sounds unlikely and unwieldy. It also doesn't quite make sense. How would it help to change "lightyellow" to "yellow", say, without knowing the contrast of the other colors next to it? Are you trying to darken it or lighten it?
It would make much more sense to do something check the lightness ratio between the foreground and background colors, and increase that ratio on the fly. Chrome can already tell you if the color ratio is too low to pass accessibility guidelines. There are a number of plugins that do this, like Color Enhancer [1] or High Contrast [2].
It would make much more sense to do something check the lightness ratio between the foreground and background colors, and increase that ratio on the fly. Chrome can already tell you if the color ratio is too low to pass accessibility guidelines. There are a number of plugins that do this, like Color Enhancer [1] or High Contrast [2].
1. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/color-enhancer/ipk...? 2. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/high-contrast/djcf...