Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 551 on Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 551 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 551
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: MARCH 25TH 2026
  • Start tag: <div class="featured_news_vertical__date">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 402, y = 4128, width = 356, height = 44

Diagnoses

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.63 (foreground color: #bd562e, background color: #ffffff, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Tool: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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 4.63:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #9d360e.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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