Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 525 on GiveDirectly page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 525 of the GiveDirectly 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 GiveDirectly page
  • URL: https://www.givedirectly.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:25
• About HTML element 525
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: “Giving $1,000 to poor families lowered infant mortality rates by nearly half, and deaths in children under 5 by 45 percent… The decline in infant mortality is a ‘show-stopping result.’” … Read more →
  • Start tag: <div class="tptn__card-nyt-body">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]/div[3]
  • Bounding box: x = 1479, y = 2034, width = 298, height = 146

Diagnoses

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 1.07:1, <code>background-color: #f9f7f6</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

2. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 2.86:1, <code>background-color: #f9f7f6</code>, <code>foreground-color: #34a853</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 500</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7