Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 205 on Sightline Institute page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 205 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 205
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: H3
  • Text: Strategies for unusual coalitions to win
  • Start tag: <h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-819628ca gb-headline-text">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 980, 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