Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor
violation by HTML element 436 on Hesperian Health Guides contact page
Basics
About the page
- URL: https://hesperian.org/contact-us/
- Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:46 by job
261007T2129-xvj - Summary of results:
- Rule engines:
- Called: 12
- Were able to test: 12
- Reported any rule violations: 11
- Violations: 677
- Violators: 199
- Issues: 52
- Rule engines:
- Download the full technical report (JSON)
About the issue
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Axe + SureA11y + Testaro)
- Violations: 24
- Violators: 22
About the violator
- Tag name:
A - Text:
Privacy Policy
- Start tag:
<a href="https://store.hesperian.org/policies/privacy-policy"> - XPath:
/html/body /div[1] /div[1] /footer[1] /div[1] /span[1] /a[1] - Bounding box: x = 490, y = 1690, width = 69, height = 12
- Reported by Axe + SureA11y + Testaro
Diagnoses
Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor
issue for HTML element 436 of the Hesperian Health Guides contact page.
- Links must be distinguishable without relying on color; The link has insufficient color contrast of 1.16:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #ffffff, surrounding text: #eeeeee); The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text
Rule engine: Axe (Deque)
Rule:
link-in-text-block - 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 - Element has adjacent text but is not underlined
Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)
Rule:
linkUl