Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 539 on Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 539 of the Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center 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 Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center page
  • URL: https://www.pdx.edu/senior-adult-learning-center/
  • Tested on 2026-04-07 at 18:28
• About HTML element 539
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: MARCH 25TH 2026 … Portland State University’s award-winning Opera program is gearing up for...
  • Start tag: <div class="featured_news_vertical__inner">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 402, y = 3914, width = 356, height = 383

Diagnoses

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4.63:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4.63:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #bd562e</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7