Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 185 on DEPLOY/US more ways to give page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.deployus.org/more-ways-to-give
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:12 by job 261007T2109-z9l
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 172
  • Violators: 75
  • Issues: 27
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro)
• Violations: 18
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: DEPLOY/US, Inc.
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.deployus.org">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 957, y = 1337, width = 146, height = 21
• Reported by SureA11y + Testaro

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 185 of the DEPLOY/US more ways to give page.

1. This link in a block of text relies on color alone to be distinguished from the surrounding text.

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: link-in-text-block

2. Element has adjacent text but is not underlined

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkUl