Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 715 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + SureA11y)
• Violations: 20
• Violators: 8

About the violator

• Tag name: P
• Text: The nation’s top resource for unbiased political finance data, trusted by
• Start tag: <p class="dc-hero__logo_marquee__intro dc-text-body-r">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/p[1]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 674, width = 1300, height = 24
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 715 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Text contrast of 1.37 with its background is less than the WCAG AA minimum requirements for text of size 16px and weight of 400

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: text_contrast_sufficient

2. Element has insufficient color contrast of 1.37:1 (foreground: #e3dbce, background: #ffffff, font size: 16px, font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 4.5:1 (normal text).

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: contrast-minimum