Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 209 on Sightline Institute page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 209 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 209
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: H3
  • Text: Resources for journalists, decision-makers, and advocates
  • Start tag: <h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-d05b4c38 gb-headline-text">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 1258, y = 813, width = 238, height = 120

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