Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 179 on Benetech page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://benetech.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:45 by job 261007T1941-642
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 426
  • Violators: 198
  • Issues: 34
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• Reported by 7 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 86
• Violators: 40

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Work with us
• Start tag: <a href="https://benetech.org/work-with-us/" tabindex="0" role="button">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 2368, y = 66, width = 146, height = 42
• Reported by Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 179 of the Benetech page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 5.47 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #6644ff, font size: 15.0pt (20px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

2. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 7:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 5.47:1. Recommendation: change background to #5230eb.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G17.Fail

3. Text must have enhanced contrast against its background (AAA)

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

4. [failed] Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76

5. Element has insufficient color contrast (AAA) of 5.47:1 (foreground: #ffffff, background: #6644ff, font size: 20px, font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1 (normal text).

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: contrast-enhanced