Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1338 on Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1653
  • Violators: 652
  • Issues: 54
• 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 7 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 924
• Violators: 452

About the violator

• Tag name: H4
• Text: If you have a question regarding your donation, please contact us at +1 212 377 9479
• Start tag: <h4>
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1314, y = 391, width = 278, height = 195
• Reported by Pour + QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 1338 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. Text must have enhanced contrast against its background (AAA)

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76