Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 714 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
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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 5 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 293
• Violators: 181

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: The nation’s top resource for unbiased political finance data, trusted by
• Start tag: <div class="dc-hero__logo_marquee">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]
• Bounding box: x = 48, y = 674, width = 1824, height = 78
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 714 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 1.37:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #e3dbce</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7