Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 115 on Freedom House page

Basics

About the Freedom House page

• URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
• Tested 38 days ago by job xrd on 2026-04-24 at 20:02

About HTML element 115

• Tag name: P
• Text: Just Released: Freedom in the World 2026. Explore the latest findings
• Start tag: <p>
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/header[1]/div[1]/a[1]/div[1]/p[1]
• Bounding box: x = 8, y = 8, width = 1904, height = 24

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About the text contrast improvable issue

• Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 115 of the Freedom House page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.94 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #be4b33, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: bold). 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 4.95:1. Recommendation: change background to #a33018.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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