Kilotest: Violations of contrast poor issue for Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) mission page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.thefire.org/about-us/mission/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:26 by job 261007T2113-abq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 394
  • Violators: 192
  • Issues: 44
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Alfa + Pour + SureA11y + WAVE)
• Violations: 19
• Violators: 18

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the contrast poor issue.

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• Element 60

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Skip to main content
  • Start tag: <a class="skiplink" href="#maincontent">
  • XPath: /html/body/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 1, height = 1
  • Reported by SureA11y + WAVE
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• Element 484

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: [not obtained]
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Alfa
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• Element 169

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: SUBMIT A CASE
  • Start tag: <span class="inner-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[3]/li[1]/div[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1266, y = 165, width = 127, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 166

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Have your rights been violated?
  • Start tag: <div class="title">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[3]/li[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1240, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 167

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: If you face retaliation over protected speech, reach out to FIRE to learn more about how we can protect your rights.
  • Start tag: <div class="description">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[3]/li[1]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1240, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 203

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: SUBSCRIBE
  • Start tag: <span class="inner-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 546, y = 165, width = 92, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 200

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Subscribe to FIRE Updates
  • Start tag: <div class="title">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 520, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 201

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Stay up to date with FIRE's biggest cases and battles for free expression.
  • Start tag: <div class="description">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 520, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 211

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: PROTECT FREE SPEECH
  • Start tag: <span class="inner-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1266, y = 165, width = 189, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 208

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Take Action
  • Start tag: <div class="title">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1240, y = 165, width = 272, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 209

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Across the nation, free speech rights are under attack. Join us in defending this essential quality of liberty. Make your voice heard and join a campaign.
  • Start tag: <div class="description">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1240, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 247

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: EXPLORE RANKINGS
  • Start tag: <span class="inner-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 546, y = 165, width = 167, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 244

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: College Free Speech Rankings
  • Start tag: <div class="title">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 520, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 245

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: This year FIRE and College Pulse surveyed nearly 63,000 students and ranked 261 U.S. colleges and universities. We use real student experiences, university policies, and speech controversies to determine the free speech rankings.
  • Start tag: <div class="description">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[1]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 520, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 255

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: LEARN MORE
  • Start tag: <span class="inner-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1266, y = 165, width = 108, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 252

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: National Speech Index
  • Start tag: <div class="title">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1240, y = 165, width = 527, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 253

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: The National Speech Index tracks free speech sentiments in America. It is a quarterly survey component of America's Political Pulse from the Polarization Research Lab.
  • Start tag: <div class="description">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[2]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[2]/li[2]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1240, y = 165, width = 560, height = 0
  • Reported by WAVE
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• Element 280

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input class="js-header-search-input" type="search" name="q" aria-label="Search Term(s)" placeholder="Enter search terms" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/form[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1892, y = 78, width = 30, height = 50
  • Reported by Pour
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