Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 366 on Portland City Club page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.pdxcityclub.org/
• Tested 0 days ago on 2026-10-10 at 05:30 by job 261010T0528-evq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 718
  • Violators: 203
  • 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: 140
• Violators: 38

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: As a nonpartisan, member-led civic engagement organization, City Club of Portland believes an informed electorate makes better decisions. That's the spirit behind our Fall 2026 Election Series that includes six free public events designed to help voters understand what's on the ballot and hear directly from the people asking for their votes. … Continue reading→
• Start tag: <div class="sow-entry-content" style="margin-top: 20px;">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 127, y = 1820, width = 497, height = 156
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint

Take me there

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 366 of the Portland City Club page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 6.1:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.1:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #626262</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7