Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 199 on Sightline Institute page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 199 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 199
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: H3
  • Text: Practical, research-based policy solutions
  • Start tag: <h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-1c9dc1d3 gb-headline-text">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 424, y = 813, width = 238, height = 90

Diagnoses

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4.13:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. Expected color contrast ratio for large font size at least 4.5:1, but got ratio: 4.13:1,<code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #c26233</code>, <code>font-size: 21pt</code> (original: <code>28px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.%6

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7