Kilotest: Diagnoses of code obsolete violation by HTML element 39 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Page contains code that is no longer standard
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: LINK
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <link rel="mask-icon" href="https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/rails-assets/production/assets/favicon/safari-pinned-tab-5ee3ec020ee9668dfc36c23ef9ab31727ed5654d9bb8e5b4050ef7791e541fa4.svg" color="#000000">
• XPath: /html/head[1]/link[6]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the code obsolete issue for HTML element 39 of the Open Secrets page.

1. The HTML attribute(s) "color" is deprecated in HTML 5

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: element_attribute_deprecated