Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1175 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• Reported by 5 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 293
• Violators: 181

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: 2026 Election | September 23, 2026 … The State of Disclosure: A conversation with Rhode Island’s top campaign finance officials
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/the-state-of-disclosure-a-conversation-with-rhode-islands-top-campaign-finance-officials/" class="splide__slide" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/23153325/YouTube-Thumbnail-Campaign-Finance-Disclosure-RI.png&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-slide05" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="5 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[9]
• Bounding box: x = 3006, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 1175 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Element was excluded from scanning because it's not visible either due to being explicitly hidden or e.g. is being rendered outside of viewport, having transparency etc.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

2. Element was excluded from scanning because it's not visible either due to being explicitly hidden or e.g. is being rendered outside of viewport, having transparency etc.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7