Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 977 on Institute for Progress page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 977 of the Institute for Progress 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 Institute for Progress page
  • URL: https://ifp.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-03 at 04:21
• About HTML element 977
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: February 3rd 2026 … By Aidan Mackenzie
  • Start tag: <div class="post-listing__meta">
  • XPath: /html/body/main[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[8]/div[2]/div[4]
  • Bounding box: x = 3447, y = 4533, width = 385, height = 36

Diagnoses

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 2.73:1, <code>background-color: #fcfbe8</code>, <code>foreground-color: #999999</code>, <code>font-size: 9pt</code> (original: <code>12px</code>), <code>font-weight: 300</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_aaa4

2. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 7:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 2.73:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #040404.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G17.Fail

3. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 7:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 2.73:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #040404.

   Tool: WallyAX (Wally)