colorUtils refactor and test coverage + minor fixes

[gitoak]

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Additional context

• Rewrote colorUtils.js to ts with more robust input validation
• Minor fixes in getContrast()
• solid test coverage for colorUtils.ts
• updated eslint config to fix eslint error for typing functions
• bumbed typescript version