Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast not testable violation by HTML element 255 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:43 by job 261007T1941-nud
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1226
  • Violators: 632
  • Issues: 48
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 8

About the violator

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: Staff
• Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1402, y = 138, width = 35, height = 18
• Reported by QualWeb

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast not testable issue for HTML element 255 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. [failed] Element has gradient with contrast ratio lower than minimum.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R37