Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 571 on Fair Vote page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://fairvote.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:15 by job 261007T2112-ljo
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 714
  • Violators: 357
  • Issues: 53
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 7 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + SureA11y + WAVE)
• Violations: 48
• Violators: 17

About the violator

• Tag name: P
• Text: JULY 1, 2025
• Start tag: <p class="font-condensed mb-0 uppercase text-gray font-bold heading-4 pb-1 hidden lg:block">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1202, y = 2028, width = 238, height = 36
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 571 of the Fair Vote page.

1. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.42:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #747679.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G18.Fail