Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 303 on GiveDirectly page

Basics

About the GiveDirectly page

• URL: https://www.givedirectly.org/
• Tested 29 days ago by job 7tm on 2026-05-03 at 17:04

About HTML element 303

• Tag name: A
• Text: Giving by check, wire, stock, crypto
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.givedirectly.org/offline-donation-methods/" target="_self" rel="internal">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1461, y = 597, width = 187, height = 14

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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 303 of the GiveDirectly page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.83 (foreground color: #6b7280, background color: #ffffff, font size: 9.0pt (12px), 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 4.83:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #525967.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

3. [failed] Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76