Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 2224 on Rainforest Alliance page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:20 by job 261007T2157-b1t
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 3228
  • Violators: 1565
  • Issues: 71
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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: 1611
• Violators: 890

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Learn what our seals stand for >
• Start tag: <a class="wp-block-button__link has-forest-color has-lemon-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button gtm_learn-what-our-seals-stand-for" href="https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/what-does-rainforest-alliance-certified-mean/">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 818, y = 4264, width = 283, height = 56
• Reported by Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 2224 of the Rainforest Alliance page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 6.68 (foreground color: #175259, background color: #ffe030, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

2. 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 6.68:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #134e55.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76