Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 436 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 436

• Tag name: A
• Text: MEATLESS MEATS, PLANT-BASED ICE CREAM AND THE RISE OF THE NEW "ALT PROTEINS"
• Start tag: <a href="/news/2020/2/22/meatless-meats-plant-based-ice-cream-and-the-rise-of-new-alt-proteins" class="summary-title-link">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1457, y = 3446, width = 293, height = 95

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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 436 of the California Groundbreakers 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 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

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

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76