Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 1738 on Webby Awards page

Basics

About the Webby Awards page

• URL: https://www.webbyawards.com/
• Tested 13 days ago by job z57 on 2026-05-19 at 14:40

About HTML element 1738

• Tag name: A
• Text: Cookie Policy
• Start tag: <a href="/privacy-policy/#cookies" style="color:#BABABA;">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 650, y = 10787, width = 60, height = 12

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

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 1738 of the Webby Awards page.

1. Links must be distinguishable without relying on color; The link has insufficient color contrast of 1.94:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #bababa, surrounding text: #ffffff); The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text

   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