Kilotest: Violations of text contrast not testable issue for Hesperian Health Guides page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://hesperian.org/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:37 by job 261007T2129-2eu
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 947
  • Violators: 295
  • Issues: 57
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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: 7
• Violators: 7

Violators

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

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• Element 288

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: ENGLISH
  • Start tag: <span class="avia_iconbox_title">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/a[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 862, y = 658, width = 79, height = 20
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 301

  • Tag name: STRONG
  • Text: Hesperian Health Guides develops and distributes easily understood health materials that empower people to take greater control over their health and organize to eliminate the social causes of poor health.
  • Start tag: <strong>
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/h3[1]/span[1]/strong[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 197, y = 736, width = 1526, height = 64
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 551

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Get our Weekly update
  • Start tag: <a href="https://hesperian.org/stay-connected" class="button button4" style="background-color: #ff9800; color: white; transition: background-color 0.3s;" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ffa726';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#ff9800';">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[9]/div[1]/div[2]/section[1]/div[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 534, y = 2633, width = 184, height = 41
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 114

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: TOPICS
  • Start tag: <span class="avia-menu-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[2]/a[1]/span[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1447, y = 14, width = 56, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 121

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: ABOUT
  • Start tag: <span class="avia-menu-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[3]/a[1]/span[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1529, y = 14, width = 53, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 128

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: SHOP
  • Start tag: <span class="avia-menu-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[4]/a[1]/span[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1608, y = 14, width = 43, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 135

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: BLOG
  • Start tag: <span class="avia-menu-text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[5]/a[1]/span[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1676, y = 14, width = 43, height = 18
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?