Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 320 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 320

• Tag name: A
• Text: Ballot Measures … Ballot measures allow voters to vote directly on a law or policy change. Explore the ballot measures attracting the most spending and their donors.
• Start tag: <a href="/ballot-measures" class="submenu-content__main__column__item">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[3]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/a[3]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 0, height = 0

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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 320 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 5.17:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #6d6d6d</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14.08px</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