Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 526 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 526

• Tag name: P
• Text: “Giving $1,000 to poor families lowered infant mortality rates by nearly half, and deaths in children under 5 by 45 percent… The decline in infant mortality is a ‘show-stopping result.’”
• Start tag: <p class="tptn__card-nyt-quote">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]/div[3]/p[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1479, y = 2034, width = 298, height = 120

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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 526 of the GiveDirectly page.

1. 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 1.07:1. Recommendation: change background to #5a5857.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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