Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 1337 on Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1653
  • Violators: 652
  • Issues: 54
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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 5 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + WAVE)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: If you have a question regarding your donation, please contact us at +1 212 377 9479
• Start tag: <div class="px-6 pb-6 pt-6">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1290, y = 367, width = 326, height = 243
• Reported by Alfa

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 1337 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 1.26:1 which is below the required contrast of 3:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r69