Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 1120 on Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-oiq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 2187
  • Violators: 1149
  • Issues: 65
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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: 22
• Violators: 9

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Trending … Crisis in the Middle East
• Start tag: <div class="block-hrw-trending layout--width-1440 layout-hrw-components trending" data-component-id="hrw_components:trending">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 240, y = 1140, width = 1440, height = 44
• Reported by Alfa

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 1120 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4.25:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69

2. The highest possible contrast of the text is 1.9:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69

3. The highest possible contrast of the text is 1.9:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69

4. The highest possible contrast of the text is 1.9:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69

5. The highest possible contrast of the text is 1.9:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69

6. The highest possible contrast of the text is 1.9:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69