Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1248 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: DIV
• Text: See more
• Start tag: <div class="section-header__link">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1562, y = 2515, width = 98, height = 24
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 1248 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 3.92:1, <code>background-color: #e5e5e5</code>, <code>foreground-color: #0071ce</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 700</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa4