Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 708 on Buy Nothing Project page

Basics

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 708 of the Buy Nothing Project page.

  1. Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 3.27 (foreground color: #f7f7f5, background color: #898986, font size: 10.5pt (14px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 4.5:1

    Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

    Rule: color-contrast

  2. Text contrast of 3.29 with its background is less than the WCAG AA minimum requirements for text of size 14px and weight of 600

    Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

    Rule: text_contrast_sufficient

  3. Text must have sufficient contrast against its background

    Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

    Rule: color-contrast