Kilotest: Violations of contrast poor issue for Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the Center for Democracy and Technology page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 27 days ago by job 78w on 2026-05-05 at 17:27

About the contrast poor issue

• Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 4 tools (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer)
• 38 violators were reported

Violators

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

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• Element 168

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/p[2]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Read the Report
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 332

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]
  • Tag name: EM
  • Text: You can find CDT’s Tech Talk anywhere you find your favorite podcasts, including on Spotify, SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and TuneIn.
  • Reported by Alfa
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• Element 333

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Spotify
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
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• Element 334

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[2]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: SoundCloud
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
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• Element 335

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[3]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: iTunes
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
  • Take me there
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• Element 336

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[4]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Google Podcasts
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
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• Element 337

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[5]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Stitcher,
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
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• Element 338

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[10]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[6]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: TuneIn
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
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• Element 350

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[11]/div[1]/p[2]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: See Openings
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 353

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[11]/div[2]/div[1]/span[1]
  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: Join Us
  • Reported by Axe + HTML CodeSniffer
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• Element 179

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[2]/div[1]/p[2]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Full Blog
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 189

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[3]/div[1]/p[2]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 203

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/div[1]/h2[1]
  • Tag name: H2
  • Text: Explore Our Issues
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 207

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[1]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Cybersecurity & Standards
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 213

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[2]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Elections & Democracy
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 219

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[3]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Equity in Civic Tech
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 225

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[4]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Free Expression
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 231

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[5]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Government Surveillance
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 237

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[6]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Open Internet
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 243

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[5]/ul[1]/li[7]/h2[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Privacy & Data
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 253

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[6]/div[1]/p[2]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Go to Report
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 262

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Members of the Global Encryption Coalition – spread across 105 countries – helping to respond rapidly to emerging threats to encryption. More.
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 264

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]/a[1]/em[1]
  • Tag name: EM
  • Text: More
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 259

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[1]/h2[1]
  • Tag name: H2
  • Text: 430+
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 269

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[2]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Members of CDT’s Task Force on Protecting Reproductive Health Info, helping to protect the privacy & access to info of people seeking reproductive health care. More.
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 271

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[2]/div[1]/p[1]/a[1]/em[1]
  • Tag name: EM
  • Text: More
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 266

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[2]/h2[1]
  • Tag name: H2
  • Text: 30+
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 276

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[3]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Number of CDT newsletters around pressing policy areas like student privacy & equity, AI, and more. Sign up.
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 278

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[3]/div[1]/p[1]/a[1]/em[1]
  • Tag name: EM
  • Text: Sign up.
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 273

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[3]/h2[1]
  • Tag name: H2
  • Text: 4
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 283

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[4]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Number of lifetime plays of CDT’s long-standing podcast, Tech Talks. Listen.
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 285

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[4]/div[1]/p[1]/em[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Listen.
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 280

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[4]/h2[1]
  • Tag name: H2
  • Text: 70.3K+
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 304

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[8]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/a[1]/div[2]/time[1]
  • Tag name: TIME
  • Text: April 30, 2026
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 311

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[8]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[1]/div[2]/time[1]
  • Tag name: TIME
  • Text: April 30, 2026
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 324

  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[9]/div[2]/ol[1]/li[1]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: See Staff
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 133

  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/section[1]/ul[1]/li[5]
  • Tag name: LI
  • Text: Donate
  • Reported by Alfa
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• Element 134

  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/section[1]/ul[1]/li[5]/a[1]
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Donate
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe
  • What diagnoses were reported?