Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 669 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 669

• Tag name: A
• Text: Guns in America … How have varying interests influenced gun policy?
• Start tag: <a href="/news/issues/guns" class="dc-search-list__item__link">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[2]/a[1]
• 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 669 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: 500</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

2. 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