openaustralia / righttoknow

Theme for, and issues specific to, Right To Know.
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/
MIT License
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check contrast on new version #786

Open katska opened 3 years ago

katska commented 3 years ago

check out contrast compliance checkers

here are some https://userway.org/blog/the-best-website-contrast-checkers-to-make-sure-your-websites-accessible

katska commented 3 years ago

Below screenshots and short introductory explanations.

Contrast ratios recommended by WCAG - over 4.6:1, over 3:1 for large text, and not applicable for logos. https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

checking with the WCAG - Contrast checker, we see the following results, which are not unexpected, I think.

https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html I find this a hard read to work through!

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Sign up contrast could be higher. The colours we use are quite pingy, and dazzling also Given the importance, let's work on improving these ratios.

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Given experience of donate buttons thus far I don't have much confidence anyone will click on this donate button. It's currently out of the good range for contrast, along with anything else that's white on the cyan background.

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suffers same low contrast as donate button

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The 'x' to close the banner is very small and not easy to see. This is common to all banners.

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