Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 175 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 175 of the California Groundbreakers page.

Basics

• About the link indication poor issue
  • Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
  • Priority: low
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• About the California Groundbreakers page
  • URL: https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 175
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: -
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/events/2026/3/22/california-book-club-the-octopus">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]/a[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 587, y = 1369, width = 13, height = 17

Diagnoses

1. Links must be distinguishable without relying on color; Element's contrast ratio could not be determined because of element overlap

   Tool: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: link-in-text-block

2. Element is not a list item but is not underlined

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkUl