Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 116 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the Open Secrets page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 13 days ago by job 79l on 2026-05-19 at 14:37

About HTML element 116

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: $45,710
• Start tag: <span class="fundraising-progress-banner__fill-label">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/a[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/span[1]/span[1]
• Bounding box: x = 961, y = 42, width = 45, height = 11

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 116 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 5.41 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #cf1e2f, font size: 8.4pt (11.2px), font weight: bold). 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 5.41:1. Recommendation: change background to #1e1e1e.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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