Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 635 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
• 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: 1611
• Violators: 890

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Rainforest Alliance
• Start tag: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/privacy-policy/cookie-policy/">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[16]/div[3]/span[2]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 977, y = 2279, width = 177, height = 39
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 635 of the Rainforest Alliance page.

1. 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 5.97:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #0e46b6.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76