Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 396 on California Groundbreakers page

Basics

About the California Groundbreakers page

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

About HTML element 396

• Tag name: A
• Text: LISTEN TO OUR "NEW NORMAL IN CALIFORNIA" PODCASTS
• Start tag: <a href="/news/2020/4/15/listen-to-our-new-normal-in-california-podcasts15" class="summary-title-link">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 813, y = 3432, width = 267, height = 71

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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 396 of the California Groundbreakers page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 5.74 (foreground color: #666666, background color: #ffffff, font size: 15.0pt (20px), 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 5.74:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #595959.

   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