Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 1376 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: P
• Text: Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
• Start tag: <p class="donation__standard-subtitle hrw-large-text-bold">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]
• Bounding box: x = 360, y = 9834, width = 720, height = 57
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 1376 of the Human Rights Watch contact 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 3.02:1. Recommendation: change background to #d04a00.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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