Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 323 on Portland OR Councilor Clark bulletin 2026-05-01 page

Basics

About the Portland OR Councilor Clark bulletin 2026-05-01 page

• URL: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORPORTLAND_ENT/bulletins/41547e4
• Tested 26 days ago by job 9bg on 2026-05-06 at 19:11

About HTML element 323

• Tag name: A
• Text: Privacy Policy
• Start tag: <a id="privacy_policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.portland.gov/privacy-policy">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/footer[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 849, y = 16000, width = 74, height = 13

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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 323 of the Portland OR Councilor Clark bulletin 2026-05-01 page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.55 (foreground color: #2176ae, background color: #f6f6f6, font size: 8.2pt (10.88px), 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 4.55:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #02578f.

   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