Kilotest: Diagnoses of image dubiously marked decorative violation by HTML element 279 on America Walks page

Here is how tools diagnose the image dubiously marked decorative issue for HTML element 279 of the America Walks page.

Basics

• About the image dubiously marked decorative issue
  • Why it matters: Helper ignores an image that is apparently informative
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
• About the America Walks page
  • URL: https://americawalks.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 279
  • Tag name: IMG
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <img data-src="https://americawalks.org/wp-content/themes/americawalks2021/assets/images/square-16x9.png" alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800/450;">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/section[6]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/article[1]/a[1]/div[1]/img[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 741, y = 3759, width = 100, height = 56

Diagnoses

1. Img element is marked so that it is ignored by Assistive Technology.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: W-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H67.2