Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 168 on Sightline Institute page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 168 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 168
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Donate … Newsletters
  • Start tag: <div class="gb-container gb-container-80e2bb20 hide-on-mobile">
  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1259, y = 23, width = 286, height = 44

Diagnoses

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4.13:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4.43:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

3. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4.13:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #c26233</code>, <code>font-size: 13pt</code> (original: <code>17px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

4. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4.43:1, <code>background-color: #517d99</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 13pt</code> (original: <code>17px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7