Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 231 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: Close … Open the main menu
• Start tag: <div class="mobile_header__wrapper">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 231 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for large font size at least 4.5:1, but got ratio: 3.02:1,<code>background-color: #f6691c</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 16pt</code> (original: <code>21.328px</code>), <code>font-weight: 700</code>.%6 <small>Note:</small> The element is possibly visually hidden and that state might be temporary. For example the lazy loading technique can be used and the element will be visible at some point.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa4