Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 114 on Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center page

Basics

About the Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center page

• URL: https://www.pdx.edu/senior-adult-learning-center/
• Tested 30 days ago by job gr7 on 2026-05-03 at 04:33

About HTML element 114

• Tag name: A
• Text: Apply
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.pdx.edu/admissions/apply" class="nav-link p-0" id="navbarDropdown-apply">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1280, y = 0, width = 82, height = 38

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 114 of the Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.51 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #6a7f10, font size: 10.5pt (14px), 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 4.51:1. Recommendation: change background to #4e6000.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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