Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 715 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: P
• Text: The nation’s top resource for unbiased political finance data, trusted by
• Start tag: <p class="dc-hero__logo_marquee__intro dc-text-body-r">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/p[1]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 674, width = 1300, height = 24
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 715 of the Open Secrets page.

1. 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 1.37:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #60584b.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76

3. Element has insufficient color contrast (AAA) of 1.37:1 (foreground: #e3dbce, background: #ffffff, font size: 16px, font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1 (normal text).

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: contrast-enhanced