Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 349 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 349 of the California Groundbreakers page.

Basics

• About the text contrast improvable issue
  • Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• About the California Groundbreakers page
  • URL: https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 349
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: WHAT DOES SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA LOOK LIKE?
  • Start tag: <a href="/news/2020/7/1/what-does-systemic-change-in-california-look-like7/1" class="summary-title-link">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 492, y = 3432, width = 255, height = 71

Diagnoses

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 5.74 (foreground color: #666666, background color: #ffffff, font size: 15.0pt (20px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Tool: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

2. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 7:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 5.74:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #595959.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G17.Fail

3. [failed] Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76