Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 98 on US Digital Response page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.usdigitalresponse.org/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:22 by job 261007T2305-nes
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 814
  • Violators: 261
  • Issues: 38
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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: 269
• Violators: 97

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: ServicesCustom technical solutions tailored to your office's needs.
• Start tag: <a href="/election/services-and-solutions" id="w-node-_4597f7bb-d018-e076-d200-e247df35e06c-94fc19a9" class="link-item is-second w-inline-block">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• 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 98 of the US Digital Response page.

1. Element was excluded from scanning because it's not visible either due to being explicitly hidden or e.g. is being rendered outside of viewport, having transparency etc.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

2. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4.01:1, <code>background-color: #deecf9</code>, <code>foreground-color: #6e727c</code>, <code>font-size: 10pt</code> (original: <code>13px</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