Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1217 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 1217

• Tag name: A
• Text: Dark Money | May 13, 2026 … The same dark money groups keep turning up in redistricting fights
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/the-same-dark-money-groups-keep-turning-up-in-redistricting-fights/" 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/2026/05/13135539/GettyImages-2272393200.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone07" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="3 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[13]
• Bounding box: x = 5702, 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 1217 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