Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 545 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 545 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 545
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: P
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  • Start tag: <p>
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 560, y = 3735, width = 800, height = 24

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 3.08:1. Recommendation: change background to #fffcfc.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76

3. 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 4.33:1. Recommendation: change background to #ff5e5e.

   Tool: WallyAX (Wally)