Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 354 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 354 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists 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 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists page
  • URL: https://www.icij.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-03 at 03:59
• About HTML element 354
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: H5
  • Text: BY SPENCER WOODMAN / MAR 18, 2026
  • Start tag: <h5 class="badge badge-author">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 1171, y = 549, width = 267, height = 14

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: 10.5pt (14px), 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