Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast not testable violation by HTML element 285 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the Center for Democracy and Technology page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 27 days ago by job 78w on 2026-05-05 at 17:27

About HTML element 285

• Tag name: A
• Text: Listen.
• Start tag: <a href="https://cdt.org/tech-talks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[4]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1474, y = 3898, width = 65, height = 26

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About the text contrast not testable issue

• Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast not testable issue for HTML element 285 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. This element's text is placed on a background image. Ensure the contrast ratio between the text and all covered parts of the image are at least 7:1.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: W-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G17.BgImage

2. [failed] Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R37