Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1479 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
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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: 924
• Violators: 452

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Human Rights Watch | 1441 Broadway, 14th Floor | New York, NY 10018 USA | t 1.212.290.4700
• Start tag: <div class="footer__info-address v-card font-sans text-gray-500 text-sm py-2 flex-row">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 360, y = 10121, width = 1016, height = 38
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 1479 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 6.08:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. The highest possible contrast of the text is 6.08:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

3. The highest possible contrast of the text is 6.08:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

4. The highest possible contrast of the text is 6.08:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

5. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.08:1, <code>background-color: #202020</code>, <code>foreground-color: #9e9e9e</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa4

6. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.08:1, <code>background-color: #202020</code>, <code>foreground-color: #9e9e9e</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa4

7. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.08:1, <code>background-color: #202020</code>, <code>foreground-color: #9e9e9e</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa4

8. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.08:1, <code>background-color: #202020</code>, <code>foreground-color: #9e9e9e</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 600</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa4

9. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 6.08 (foreground color: #9e9e9e, background color: #202020, font size: 10.5pt (14px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

10. 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 6.08:1. Recommendation: change background to #111.

    Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

    Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

    Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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

    Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

    Rule: QW-ACT-R76

13. Element has insufficient color contrast (AAA) of 6.08:1 (foreground: #9e9e9e, background: #202020, font size: 14px, font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1 (normal text).

    Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

    Rule: contrast-enhanced