Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 631 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.icij.org/newsletter/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:54 by job 261007T2132-muf
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1641
  • Violators: 406
  • Issues: 53
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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: 212
• Violators: 77

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Investigative journalism 232
• Start tag: <a data-ga="Popular topics|click|Investigative journalism|1" class="tag-count__link" href="https://www.icij.org/tags/investigative-journalism/">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 631 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 2.85:1, <code>background-color: #999999</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 9pt</code> (original: <code>12px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>. <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_aaa7