Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1139 on Portland State University page

Basics

About the Portland State University page

• URL: https://www.pdx.edu/
• Tested 24 days ago by job j3n on 2026-05-08 at 15:59

About HTML element 1139

• Tag name: A
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/portlandstateu" title="Go to PSU Facebook profile" aria-label="PSU Facebook profile" class="social">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/footer[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/ul[1]/li[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1081, y = 5659, width = 35, height = 35

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 1139 of the Portland State University page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4.51:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #6a7f10</code>, <code>font-size: 15pt</code> (original: <code>20px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>. <small>Note:</small> The element is possibly visually hidden and that state might be temporary. For example the lazy loading technique can be used and the element will be visible at some point.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7