Accessibility digest

Introduction

How accessible is the Humanity and Inclusion web page at https://www.hi-us.org/en/index?

This digest can help answer that question. Nine different tools (Alfa, ASLint, Axe, Equal Access, HTML CodeSniffer, Nu Html Checker, QualWeb, Testaro, and WAVE) tested the page to check its compliance with their accessibility rules. In all, the tools define about 915 rules, which are classified here into about 300 accessibility issues.

The results were interpreted to yield a score, with 0 being ideal. The score for this page was 3589, the sum of 650 for the count of issues, 2081 for specific issues, 377 for tool-by-tool ratings, 300 for the page preventing tools from running, 177 for browser warnings, and 4 for delayed page responses.

Issue summary

Itemized issues

The reported rule violations are itemized below, issue by issue. Additional details can be inspected in the full report.

Issue: color missing

Impact: Content is impossible to perceive under some conditions

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 420

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T31

Description: Foreground or background color is specified but not both

Count of instances: 105

Issue: parent invalid

Impact: User cannot properly operate an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 164

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^Element .+ not allowed as child of element .+ in this context.*$

Description: Element has an invalid parent

Count of instances: 41

Issue: target small

Impact: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 156

Violations of testaro rules

Rule targetSize

Description: Button, input, or non-inline link is smaller than 44 px wide and high

Count of instances: 52

Issue: content beyond landmarks

Impact: User cannot get help on how some of the document is organized

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 137

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r57

Description: Perceivable text content is not included in any landmark

Count of instances: 137

Violations of axe rules

Rule region

Description: Some page content is not contained by landmarks

Count of instances: 31

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_content_in_landmark

Description: Content is not within a landmark element

Count of instances: 54

Issue: link indication poor

Impact: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text

WCAG: 1.3.3

Score: 112

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_not_visually_evident_without_color_vision

Description: Element is a link, but its style properties do not differentiate it from its parent

Count of instances: 7

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkUl

Description: Inline links are not underlined

Count of instances: 56

Issue: font size absolute

Impact: User cannot adjust the text size for readability

WCAG: 1.4.4

Score: 106

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r74

Description: Paragraph text has an absolute font size

Count of instances: 4

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T28

Description: Percent, em, or name is used for a font size

Count of instances: 53

Issue: CSS invalid

Impact: Document cannot be properly displayed

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 99

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^CSS: .+: .+ is not a .+ value.*$

Description: Invalid value in CSS

Count of instances: 14

Rule CSS: Parse Error.

Description: Invalid CSS

Count of instances: 2

Rule ^CSS: .+: Parse Error.*$

Description: Invalid CSS

Count of instances: 8

Rule ^CSS: column-count: .+ is not valid, only values greater than 0 allowed.*$

Description: CSS column-count property has a nonpositive value

Count of instances: 9

Issue: title attribute invalid

Impact: User cannot hover to get help explaining an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 88

Violations of testaro rules

Rule titledEl

Description: title attribute belongs to an inappropriate element

Count of instances: 22

Issue: error reference invalid

Impact: User cannot correct a form error

WCAG: 3.3.1

Score: 60

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R41

Description: Error message describes no invalid form field value

Count of instances: 15

Issue: focus indication poor

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot choose an item to operate

WCAG: 2.4.7

Score: 48

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r65

Description: Element in the sequential focus order has no visible focus

Count of instances: 6

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focInd

Description: Focused element displays a nonstandard or no focus indicator

Count of instances: 12

Issue: text contrast poor

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 44

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r69

Description: Text outside widget has subminimum contrast

Count of instances: 11

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast

Count of instances: 4

Violations of ibm rules

Rule text_contrast_sufficient

Description: Text has a contrast with its background less than the WCAG AA minimum for its size and weight

Count of instances: 2

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R37

Description: Text has less than the minimum contrast

Count of instances: 4

Violations of wave rules

Rule contrast

Description: Very low contrast

Count of instances: 7

Issue: link not named

Impact: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 40

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r11

Description: Link has no accessible name

Count of instances: 7

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_link_element

Description: Element has no visible and accessible name

Count of instances: 10

Violations of axe rules

Rule link-name

Description: Link has no discernible text

Count of instances: 7

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R12

Description: Link has no accessible name

Count of instances: 7

Violations of wave rules

Rule link_empty

Description: Link contains not named

Count of instances: 9

Issue: links named identically

Impact: User cannot get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 40

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_same_content_different_url

Description: Links with the same text content have different destination URLs

Count of instances: 20

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkAmb

Description: Links with the same text content have different destinations

Count of instances: 5

Issue: code obsolete

Impact: Document contains code that is no longer standard

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 39

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_attribute_deprecated

Description: Element or attribute is obsolete

Count of instances: 13

Issue: type redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 39

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule The type attribute is unnecessary for JavaScript resources.

Description: type attribute is unnecessary for a JavaScript resource

Count of instances: 12

Rule The type attribute for the style element is not needed and should be omitted.

Description: type attribute is unnecessary for a style element

Count of instances: 27

Issue: attribute value invalid

Impact: Item behaves improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 36

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^Bad value .* for attribute .+ on element .+$

Description: Attribute on this element has an invalid value

Count of instances: 9

Issue: text and image link not combined

Impact: Keyboard-only user expends extra effort to skip a link

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 34

Violations of wave rules

Rule link_redundant

Description: Adjacent links go to the same URL

Count of instances: 17

Issue: text contrast improvable

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.6

Score: 33

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r66

Description: Text contrast less than AAA requires

Count of instances: 33

Violations of aslint rules

Rule color_contrast_aaa7

Description: Text has contrast less than 7:1

Count of instances: 28

Rule color_contrast_aaa4

Description: Text has contrast less than 4.5:1

Count of instances: 4

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast-enhanced

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast (Level AAA)

Count of instances: 19

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R76

Description: Text has less than the enhanced minimum contrast

Count of instances: 17

Issue: large visible-element count

Impact: User cannot easily find items in the document

WCAG: 2.4

Score: 31

Violations of testaro rules

Rule bulk

Description: Page contains many visible elements

Count of instances: 1

Issue: CSS bans rotation

Impact: User must read sideways after rotating a device

WCAG: 1.3.4

Score: 28

Violations of aslint rules

Rule orientation

Description: CSS media query specifies an orientation

Count of instances: 7

Issue: nav links not list

Impact: User cannot get help recognizing a list of navigation links

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 28

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T32

Description: ol, ul or dl is not used for a list or group of links

Count of instances: 14

Issue: image dubiously named

Impact: Helper may describe an image inadequately

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 26

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T8

Description: Text alternative is not an alternative

Count of instances: 26

Issue: attribute obsolete

Impact: Document includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 24

Violations of aslint rules

Rule obsolete_html_attributes

Description: Element has an obsolete attribute

Count of instances: 3

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^The .+ attribute on the .+ element is obsolete.+$

Description: Attribute is obsolete on its element

Count of instances: 8

Issue: inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

Impact: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types

WCAG: 3.2.4

Score: 21

Violations of testaro rules

Rule styleDiff

Description: Heading, link, and button style inconsistencies

Count of instances: 21

Issue: button not named

Impact: User cannot get help explaing a button

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 20

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_button_description

Description: Button has no visible accessible name

Count of instances: 5

Issue: meta invalid

Impact: Document fails to include needed data

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 18

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^Attribute .+ not allowed on element meta at this point.*$

Description: Attribute is not allowed on a meta element here

Count of instances: 3

Rule ^Element meta is missing one or more of the following attributes: .+$

Description: Element is missing a required attribute

Count of instances: 3

Issue: title attribute redundant

Impact: Helper repeats the explanation of an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 16

Violations of wave rules

Rule title_redundant

Description: Title attribute text is the same as the text or alternative text

Count of instances: 16

Issue: control label invisible

Impact: User cannot understand how to operate a form item

WCAG: 2.4.6

Score: 12

Violations of aslint rules

Rule label_visually_hidden_only

Description: Form control has a label but it is not visible

Count of instances: 3

Issue: landmarks not distinctly named

Impact: User cannot get help on how some of the document is organized

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 12

Violations of axe rules

Rule landmark-unique

Description: Landmark has a role and an accessible name that are identical to another

Count of instances: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_landmark_name_unique

Description: Multiple landmarks with the same parent region are not distinguished from one another

Count of instances: 4

Issue: no role-required name

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 12

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_accessiblename_exists

Description: Element has no accessible name, although its role requires one

Count of instances: 3

Issue: tab-opening link action possibly unstated

Impact: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user

WCAG: 3.2.5

Score: 11

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_new_window_mark

Description: Indicator that the link opens a new window or tab may be missing

Count of instances: 11

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkExt

Description: Link opens a new window or tab

Count of instances: 11

Issue: overflow possibly hidden

Impact: User may be unable to enlarge the text for readability

WCAG: 1.4.4

Score: 9

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R40

Description: Zoomed text node may be clipped by a CSS overflow declaration

Count of instances: 9

Issue: element beyond display when focused

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items

WCAG: 1.4.10

Score: 9

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focVis

Description: Element when focused is off the display

Count of instances: 3

Issue: ID not unique

Impact: User may be pointed to the wrong item

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 8

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r3

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 2

Violations of aslint rules

Rule duplicated_id_attribute

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 2

Violations of axe rules

Rule duplicate-id-aria

Description: id attribute used in ARIA or in a label has a value that is not unique

Count of instances: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_id_unique

Description: Element has an id attribute value that is already in use

Count of instances: 2

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^Duplicate ID .+$|^The first occurrence of ID .* was here.*$

Description: Duplicate id

Count of instances: 2

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R18

Description: id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 2

Issue: line height low

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.8

Score: 8

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r73

Description: Text line height is not at least 1.5

Count of instances: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule lineHeight

Description: Text has a line height less than 1.5 times its font size

Count of instances: 4

Issue: skip method possibly missing or invalid

Impact: Keyboard-only user may be unable easily to reach the specific content of the document

WCAG: 2.4.1

Score: 8

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r87

Description: First focusable element is not a link to the main content

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link destination not URL

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 8

Violations of aslint rules

Rule unclear_anchor_uri

Description: Link destination is #, a script, or empty

Count of instances: 8

Issue: form submission button missing

Impact: User cannot easily submit a form

WCAG: 3.2.2

Score: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_submit_button

Description: Element is a form but contains no input or button element for submission

Count of instances: 2

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T19

Description: Submit button not provided

Count of instances: 2

Issue: label types incompatible

Impact: User cannot get reliable help on the topics of form items

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 6

Violations of testaro rules

Rule labClash

Description: Incompatible label types

Count of instances: 3

Issue: focusable element hidden

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 4

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r17

Description: Tab-focusable element is or has an ancestor that is aria-hidden

Count of instances: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_hidden_nontabbable

Description: Element has an ancestor with a true aria-hidden attribute but is focusable

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R13

Description: Element with aria-hidden has focusable content

Count of instances: 1

Issue: line height absolute

Impact: User cannot adjust the line height of text for readability

WCAG: 1.4.12

Score: 4

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r80

Description: Paragraph text has an absolute line height

Count of instances: 2

Issue: internal link broken

Impact: User cannot reach a promised document location

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule broken_same_page_link

Description: Same-page destination of the link does not exist

Count of instances: 1

Issue: iframe not named

Impact: User cannot get help on the topic of an embedded document

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule title_iframe

Description: Element is an iframe or object but its title attribute is missing or empty

Count of instances: 1

Issue: image not named

Impact: User cannot get help to know what is in an image

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_alt_attribute

Description: Image has no alt attribute

Count of instances: 1

Issue: target empty

Impact: Item is displayed improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule Bad value for attribute target on element a: Browsing context name must be at least one character long.

Description: target attribute on an a element is empty

Count of instances: 1

Issue: control not named

Impact: User cannot get help on how to operate a form item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 4

Violations of wave rules

Rule label_missing

Description: form element has no label

Count of instances: 1

Issue: image name redundant

Impact: Helper repeats the explanation of an image

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 4

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_redundant

Description: Redundant text alternative

Count of instances: 4

Issue: visible label not in name

Impact: User cannot get help choosing a form control to operate

WCAG: 2.5.3

Score: 3

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r14

Description: Visible label is not in the accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule label_name_visible

Description: Accessible name does not match or contain the visible label text

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R30

Description: Visible label is not part of the accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Issue: labeling risky

Impact: User may misunderstand a form control

WCAG: 3.3.2

Score: 3

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_labelN

Description: Element has an id attribute but no explicit label references it

Count of instances: 3

Issue: focusable element not active

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 3

Violations of axe rules

Rule focus-order-semantics

Description: Focusable element has no active role

Count of instances: 1

Issue: role invalid

Impact: User cannot get help on the nature of an item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 3

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_tabbable_role_valid

Description: Tabbable element has a non-widget role

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link element href missing

Impact: User cannot reach a promised location

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 3

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule Bad value for attribute href on element link: Must be non-empty.

Description: link element has an empty href attribute

Count of instances: 1

Issue: heading-like styles dubious

Impact: User may be unable to understand the topic of a part of the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 3

Violations of wave rules

Rule heading_possible

Description: Possible heading

Count of instances: 3

Issue: element referenced by multiple labels

Impact: User cannot get reliable help on the topics of form items

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 2

Violations of aslint rules

Rule duplicated_for_attribute

Description: More than 1 label element has the same for attribute

Count of instances: 2

Violations of axe rules

Rule form-field-multiple-labels

Description: Form field has multiple label elements

Count of instances: 2

Violations of ibm rules

Rule form_label_unique

Description: Form control has more than one label

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule label_multiple

Description: Form control has more than one label associated with it

Count of instances: 2

Issue: element not focusable

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot choose an item to operate

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focAll

Description: Discrepancy between elements that should be and that are Tab-focusable

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link href missing

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkTo

Description: Link has no href attribute

Count of instances: 1

Issue: noscript element possibly not equivalent

Impact: User who has disabled JavaScript may be denied some content

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 2

Violations of wave rules

Rule noscript

Description: noscript element may fail to contain an accessible equivalent or alternative

Count of instances: 2

Issue: link name dubious

Impact: User may misunderstand what a link points to

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule link_with_unclear_purpose

Description: Element is a link but has vague or generic content

Count of instances: 1

Issue: no default option

Impact: User may risk erroneously submitting a form

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule select_initial_option

Description: No option has been made the default with a selected attribute

Count of instances: 1

Issue: position sticky

Impact: User may be unable to see needed content or may be forced to scroll in both dimensions

WCAG: 1.4.10

Score: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule position_sticky

Description: Element has a sticky position

Count of instances: 1

Issue: label location dubious

Impact: User may fail to notice the explanation of an item in a form

WCAG: 3.3.2

Score: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule input_label_before

Description: Label text is after its text input or select element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: hovering changes content

Impact: User cannot explore the document reliably with a mouse

WCAG: 3.2.5

Score: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule hover

Description: Hovering changes the page content

Count of instances: 1

Issue: role redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule role

Description: Invalid, native-replacing, or redundant role

Count of instances: 1

Issue: z-index not zero

Impact: User cannot predict the effect of clicking

WCAG: 1.4

Score: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule zIndex

Description: Element has a nondefault z-index value

Count of instances: 1

Issue: all-capital text

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 3.1.5

Score: 0

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r72

Description: Paragraph text is uppercased

Count of instances: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule capital_letters_words

Description: Element or its title has entirely upper-case words

Count of instances: 14

Violations of testaro rules

Rule allCaps

Description: Element has a text substring of at least 8 upper-case characters

Count of instances: 1