Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 140 on Sightline Institute page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 140 of the Sightline Institute 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 Sightline Institute page
  • URL: https://www.sightline.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-03 at 04:04
• About HTML element 140
  • Tag name: LI
  • Text: Housing + Cities
  • Start tag: <li id="menu-item-105269" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-105269">
  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/div[1]/nav[2]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[1]/ul[1]/li[3]
  • Bounding box: x = -99374, y = 169, width = 200, height = 38

Diagnoses

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4.13:1, <code>background-color: #c26233</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>. <small>Note:</small> The element is possibly visually hidden and that state might be temporary. For example the lazy loading technique can be used and the element will be visible at some point.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7