Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 201 on Sightline Institute page

Basics

About the Sightline Institute page

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

About HTML element 201

• Tag name: H3
• Text: Practical, research-based policy solutions
• Start tag: <h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-1c9dc1d3 gb-headline-text">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 424, y = 813, width = 238, height = 90

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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 201 of the Sightline Institute page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4.13:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. Expected color contrast ratio for large font size at least 4.5:1, but got ratio: 4.13:1,<code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #c26233</code>, <code>font-size: 21pt</code> (original: <code>28px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.%6

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7