Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 570 on Fair Vote page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://fairvote.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:15 by job 261007T2112-ljo
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 714
  • Violators: 357
  • Issues: 53
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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: 112
• Violators: 74

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: JULY 1, 2025 … Exit Surveys: Voters Love Ranked Choice Voting
• Start tag: <div class="flex lg:flex-col gap-2 lg:gap-5 md:h-full py-3 md:pr-5 md:px-5">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1182, y = 2016, width = 278, height = 264
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 570 of the Fair Vote page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 3.42:1 which is below the required contrast of 4.5:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. Expected color contrast ratio for large font size at least 4.5:1, but got ratio: 3.42:1,<code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #898b8e</code>, <code>font-size: 20pt</code> (original: <code>26.4px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.%6

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7