Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1214 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 1214

• Tag name: A
• Text: FEC Complaint | May 15, 2026 … Georgia Senate candidate reports $50M self-loan; FEC issues warning letter
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/georgia-senate-candidate-christina-clement-reports-50m-self-loan/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/15150322/imageedit_12_2046661310.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone06" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="2 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[12]
• Bounding box: x = 5028, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352

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 1214 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Element was excluded from scanning because it's not visible either due to being explicitly hidden or e.g. is being rendered outside of viewport, having transparency etc.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

2. Element was excluded from scanning because it's not visible either due to being explicitly hidden or e.g. is being rendered outside of viewport, having transparency etc.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7