Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 449 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 449 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 449
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: OUR "ICEBREAKER" PODCAST: TALKING WILDFIRES WITH CALIFORNIA'S TOP FIREFIGHTER
  • Start tag: <a href="/news/2019/10/28/our-icebreaker-podcast-talking-wildfires-with-californias-top-firefighter" class="summary-title-link">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 2101, y = 3446, width = 205, height = 119

Diagnoses

1. 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