Kilotest: Violations of text contrast not testable issue for 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

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the text contrast not testable issue.

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• Element 255

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: Staff
  • Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[1]/span[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1402, y = 138, width = 35, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 259

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: Board of Directors
  • Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[2]/span[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1402, y = 167, width = 132, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
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• Element 263

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: Advisory Council
  • Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[3]/span[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1402, y = 197, width = 121, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 267

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: CDT’s Non-Resident Fellows
  • Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[4]/span[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1402, y = 227, width = 206, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
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• Element 271

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: Annual Reports
  • Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[5]/span[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1402, y = 257, width = 111, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
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• Element 475

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization shaping technology policy, governance, and design with a focus on equity and democratic values.
  • Start tag: <span style="font-weight: 400;">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[3]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 240, y = 351, width = 538, height = 63
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 522

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: CDT Joins Coalition Comments on NIST’s AI Evaluation Framework
  • Start tag: <span class="base-card__title-external__text base-card--insight__title-external__text title-external__text title-external--insight__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[2]/h3[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 975, y = 721, width = 659, height = 86
  • Reported by QualWeb
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• Element 497

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: See All Latest
  • Start tag: <span class="anchor__text anchor__link__text shy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/section[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/span[1]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1539, y = 656, width = 101, height = 19
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?