Accessibility issues -- new website styling -- contrast ratios

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Accessibility issues -- new website styling -- contrast ratios #12

Closed bmuramatsu closed 1 year ago

bmuramatsu commented 1 year ago

We should separate style from structure — headings are used for styling more than structure. (This is bad accessibility design (and should not have existed on the WordPress or old site but it does.)
Above implies styles for the types of text blocks on each page.
It would be great if the design was accessible from the start. Contrast ratios are not accessible in the menu.

fields37 commented 1 year ago

Hi @bmuramatsu I'm working on overhauling the styling, but what exactly do you mean by separating style from structure? Do you have any examples of how they are currently not separated?

fields37 commented 1 year ago

Also, are you suggesting we add an option to adjust contrast ratios in the menu? I think it would be easier to make sure that the website meets the minimum accessible contrast ratios by default, which I believe we did when we first designed the site. I just briefly did some checks and it looks like all the parts of the site meet a AAA contrast ratio.

bmuramatsu commented 1 year ago

It looks like the site has been updated to have accessible contrast ratios. Thanks.