Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 746 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 746

• Tag name: A
• Text: APPLY TO PSU →
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.pdx.edu/admissions/apply" data-analytics="cta_button_apply_now">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 983, y = 1185, width = 129, height = 30

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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 746 of the Portland State University page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.51 (foreground color: #6a7f10, 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 4.51:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #4e6000.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G17.Fail