Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1134 on Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-oiq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 2187
  • Violators: 1149
  • Issues: 65
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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: 816
• Violators: 636

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Crisis in the Middle East
• Start tag: <a class="link-emphasis" href="/tag/crisis-in-the-middle-east" data-event-action="Trending" data-event-name="Crisis in the Middle East&nbsp;">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1354, y = 1150, width = 210, height = 24
• Reported by Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 1134 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 4.93 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #0071ce, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: bold). 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 4.94:1. Recommendation: change background to #005aa4.

   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 4.94:1 (foreground: #ffffff, background: #0071ce, font size: 16px, font weight: bold). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1 (normal text).

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: contrast-enhanced