I feel like that's a great quality. As for restrictive, that's a valid concern.
Wait till you work with the team, and they decide to make all highlighted colors like a an extreme warning sign because "accesiblity" and 10 other dramatic choices and they prefer to be dominant debaters "I decide and you listen to me because you are not part of the team" instead of any reason.
If only every government website I visited was boring and predictable.
Perhaps. But user expectations are otherwise. Especially when lack of guardrails too often leads to wacky and wonky experiences.
<strike>wacky and wonky experiences</strike> inaccessible
FTFY