Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast not testable violation by HTML element 116 on Hesperian Health Guides page

Basics

About the Hesperian Health Guides page

• URL: https://hesperian.org/
• Tested 4 days ago by job glp on 2026-05-28 at 22:54

About HTML element 116

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: SHOP
• Start tag: <span class="avia-menu-text">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[4]/a[1]/span[2]
• Bounding box: x = 1608, y = 14, width = 43, height = 18

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 116 of the Hesperian Health Guides page.

1. This element is absolutely positioned and the background color can not be determined. Ensure the contrast ratio between the text and all covered parts of the background are at least 7:1.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R37