Accessibility digest

Introduction

How accessible is the Rainforest Alliance web page at https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?

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 5185, the sum of 690 for the count of issues, 3612 for specific issues, 769 for tool-by-tool ratings, 0 for the page preventing tools from running, 114 for browser warnings, and 0 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: overflow possibly hidden

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

WCAG: 1.4.4

Score: 625

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R40

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

Count of instances: 625

Issue: font size absolute

Impact: User cannot adjust the text size for readability

WCAG: 1.4.4

Score: 606

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r74

Description: Paragraph text has an absolute font size

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T28

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

Count of instances: 303

Issue: title attribute invalid

Impact: User cannot hover to get help explaining an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 400

Violations of testaro rules

Rule titledEl

Description: title attribute belongs to an inappropriate element

Count of instances: 100

Issue: focus indication poor

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

WCAG: 2.4.7

Score: 288

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r65

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

Count of instances: 72

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focInd

Description: Focused element displays a nonstandard or no focus indicator

Count of instances: 6

Issue: text contrast improvable

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.6

Score: 154

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r66

Description: Text contrast less than AAA requires

Count of instances: 49

Violations of aslint rules

Rule color_contrast_aaa7

Description: Text has contrast less than 7:1

Count of instances: 55

Rule color_contrast_aaa4

Description: Text has contrast less than 4.5:1

Count of instances: 5

Rule color_contrast_aaa

Description: Text contrast may be less than enhanced but the element is invisible

Count of instances: 28

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast-enhanced

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast (Level AAA)

Count of instances: 13

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G17.Fail

Description: Text has insufficient contrast

Count of instances: 12

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R76

Description: Text has less than the enhanced minimum contrast

Count of instances: 154

Issue: text contrast poor

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 144

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r69

Description: Text outside widget has subminimum contrast

Count of instances: 34

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast

Count of instances: 36

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G18.Fail

Description: Contrast between the text and its background is less than 4.5:1

Count of instances: 5

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: 10

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R37

Description: Text has less than the minimum contrast

Count of instances: 18

Violations of wave rules

Rule contrast

Description: Very low contrast

Count of instances: 19

Issue: link indication poor

Impact: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text

WCAG: 1.3.3

Score: 134

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: 22

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkUl

Description: Inline links are not underlined

Count of instances: 67

Issue: target small

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

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 132

Violations of testaro rules

Rule targetSize

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

Count of instances: 44

Issue: fatal error

Impact: Document prevents testing for accessibility

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 124

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule Cannot recover after last error. Any further errors will be ignored.

Description: Testing was interrupted by a fatal error

Count of instances: 1

Issue: h1 not 1st heading

Impact: User cannot understand the topic of the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 93

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r61

Description: First heading is not h1

Count of instances: 1

Issue: links named identically

Impact: User cannot get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 66

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_same_content_different_url

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

Count of instances: 33

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R9

Description: Links with identical accessible names have different purposes

Count of instances: 11

Rule QW-ACT-R44

Description: Links with identical accessible names and context serve different purposes

Count of instances: 7

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkAmb

Description: Links with the same text content have different destinations

Count of instances: 32

Issue: error reference invalid

Impact: User cannot correct a form error

WCAG: 3.3.1

Score: 64

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R41

Description: Error message describes no invalid form field value

Count of instances: 16

Issue: tab-opening link action possibly unstated

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

WCAG: 3.2.5

Score: 59

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 htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.3_2_5.H83.3

Description: Link text may fail to indicate that the link will open in a new window

Count of instances: 11

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkExt

Description: Link opens a new window or tab

Count of instances: 59

Issue: nav links not list

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 52

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1.H48

Description: Navigation links are not coded as a list

Count of instances: 2

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: 26

Issue: color missing

Impact: Content is impossible to perceive under some conditions

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 48

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T31

Description: Foreground or background color is specified but not both

Count of instances: 12

Issue: text and image link not combined

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

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 46

Violations of wave rules

Rule link_redundant

Description: Adjacent links go to the same URL

Count of instances: 23

Issue: link element invalid

Impact: Document fails to get a needed external resource

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 44

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.2_4_8.H59.1

Description: Element is not in the document head

Count of instances: 11

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule A link element must not appear as a descendant of a body element unless the link element has an itemprop attribute or has a rel attribute whose value contains dns-prefetch, modulepreload, pingback, preconnect, prefetch, preload, prerender, or stylesheet.

Description: Element has a body ancestor but no itemprop or valid rel attribute

Count of instances: 3

Issue: heading level skipped

Impact: Helper misdescribes the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 42

Violations of axe rules

Rule heading-order

Description: Heading levels do not increase by only one

Count of instances: 21

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: 5

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_link_element

Description: Element has no visible and accessible name

Count of instances: 5

Rule img_empty_alt_in_link

Description: Element is an image in a link but has no text alternative

Count of instances: 5

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_1_1.H30.2

Description: img element is the only link content but has no text alternative

Count of instances: 5

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R12

Description: Link has no accessible name

Count of instances: 5

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_link_missing

Description: Linked image has no text alternative

Count of instances: 5

Rule link_empty

Description: Link contains not named

Count of instances: 5

Issue: role invalid

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 36

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_eventhandler_role_valid

Description: Element with an onclick, onmouseout, or onmouseover attribute has no valid ARIA role

Count of instances: 6

Rule element_tabbable_role_valid

Description: Tabbable element has a non-widget role

Count of instances: 6

Issue: ID not unique

Impact: User may be pointed to the wrong item

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 32

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r3

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule duplicated_id_attribute

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 6

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_1.F77

Description: Duplicate id attribute value

Count of instances: 3

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R18

Description: id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 8

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: button not named

Impact: User cannot get help explaing a button

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 28

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_button_description

Description: Button has no visible accessible name

Count of instances: 7

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.Button.Name

Description: Button element has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Issue: invalid landmark child of navigation role

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 24

Violations of aslint rules

Rule navigation_landmark_restrictions

Description: Element with a navigation role contains a landmark other than region and search

Count of instances: 6

Issue: type redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 23

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: 13

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: 10

Issue: image not named

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

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 20

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_alt_attribute

Description: Image has no alt attribute

Count of instances: 5

Issue: inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

Impact: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types

WCAG: 3.2.4

Score: 16

Violations of testaro rules

Rule styleDiff

Description: Heading, link, and button style inconsistencies

Count of instances: 16

Issue: line height low

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.8

Score: 14

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r73

Description: Text line height is not at least 1.5

Count of instances: 7

Issue: control not named

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 12

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r8

Description: Form field has no accessible name

Count of instances: 3

Violations of ibm rules

Rule input_label_exists

Description: Element with the role of a form control has no associated label

Count of instances: 3

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R16

Description: Form control has no accessible name

Count of instances: 3

Issue: fieldset missing

Impact: User cannot get help recognizing a group of related form items

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 12

Violations of ibm rules

Rule input_checkboxes_grouped

Description: checkbox input is not grouped with others with the same name

Count of instances: 5

Violations of testaro rules

Rule radioSet

Description: No or invalid grouping of radio buttons in fieldsets

Count of instances: 6

Violations of wave rules

Rule fieldset_missing

Description: fieldset element is missing

Count of instances: 1

Issue: meta invalid

Impact: Document fails to include needed data

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 12

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: 2

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

Description: Element is missing a required attribute

Count of instances: 2

Issue: control child of link or button

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

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 12

Violations of testaro rules

Rule embAc

Description: Active element is embedded in a link or button

Count of instances: 4

Issue: title attribute redundant

Impact: Helper repeats the explanation of an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 12

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkTitle

Description: Link title value is also contained in the link text

Count of instances: 12

Violations of wave rules

Rule title_redundant

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

Count of instances: 7

Issue: text contrast issues not testable

Impact: Text may be difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 11

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G17.Abs

Description: Contrast between the absolutely positioned text and its background may be less than 7:1

Count of instances: 3

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G17.BgImage

Description: Contrast between the text and its background image may be less than 7:1

Count of instances: 8

Issue: role redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 11

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_role_redundant

Description: Explicitly assigned ARIA role is redundant with the implicit role of the element

Count of instances: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule role

Description: Invalid, native-replacing, or redundant role

Count of instances: 11

Issue: label types incompatible

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 10

Violations of testaro rules

Rule labClash

Description: Incompatible label types

Count of instances: 5

Issue: element in head invalid

Impact: Browser processes the document improperly

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 9

Violations of aslint rules

Rule elements_not_allowed_in_head

Description: Elements in the head are not allowed there

Count of instances: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule headEl

Description: Elements in the head are not allowed there

Count of instances: 3

Issue: element closure invalid

Impact: Document contains invalid code

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 9

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^Stray end tag .+$

Description: Invalid closing tag

Count of instances: 2

Rule ^Start tag .+ seen but an element of the same type was already open.*$

Description: Element is invalidly a descendant of another such element

Count of instances: 1

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: label reference invalid

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an item in a form

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 8

Violations of aslint rules

Rule label_inappropriate_associationM

Description: Element referenced by the for attribute is missing

Count of instances: 2

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1.H44.NonExistentFragment

Description: Label for attribute references a nonexistent element

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule label_orphaned

Description: Orphaned form label

Count of instances: 2

Issue: element not focusable

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

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 8

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focAll

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

Count of instances: 4

Issue: operable element not focusable

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to an operable item

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 8

Violations of testaro rules

Rule opFoc

Description: Operable element is not Tab-focusable

Count of instances: 2

Issue: image dubiously named

Impact: Helper may describe an image inadequately

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 7

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T8

Description: Text alternative is not an alternative

Count of instances: 7

Issue: link destination not URL

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule unclear_anchor_uri

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

Count of instances: 6

Issue: heading structure illogical

Impact: Helper misdescribes the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule headings_hierarchy

Description: Heading level is illogical in its context

Count of instances: 3

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1_AAA.G141

Description: Heading level is incorrect

Count of instances: 2

Issue: CSS invalid

Impact: Document cannot be properly displayed

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 6

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Invalid CSS

Count of instances: 2

Issue: link href missing

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 6

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkTo

Description: Link has no href attribute

Count of instances: 3

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: 6

Violations of wave rules

Rule heading_possible

Description: Possible heading

Count of instances: 6

Issue: links dubiously share name

Impact: User may be unable to get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 5

Violations of axe rules

Rule identical-links-same-purpose

Description: Links with the same accessible name may serve dissimilar purposes

Count of instances: 5

Issue: svg image not named

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an image

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule accessible_svg

Description: Element has no title, description, text, attribute label, or role description

Count of instances: 1

Issue: no role-required name

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 4

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_accessiblename_exists

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

Count of instances: 1

Issue: parent invalid

Impact: User cannot properly operate an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Element has an invalid parent

Count of instances: 1

Issue: banners not distinctly named

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 3

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_banner_label_unique

Description: Multiple elements with a banner role have no unique labels

Count of instances: 1

Issue: code obsolete

Impact: Document contains code that is no longer standard

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 3

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_attribute_deprecated

Description: Element or attribute is obsolete

Count of instances: 1

Issue: code invalid

Impact: Invalid code in the document may prevent a helper from working

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 3

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^Bad start tag in .+$

Description: Invalid start tag

Count of instances: 1

Issue: hover indication poor

Impact: User cannot explore the document reliably with a mouse

WCAG: 3.3.2

Score: 3

Violations of testaro rules

Rule hovInd

Description: Hovering is unclearly indicated

Count of instances: 1

Issue: font small

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4

Score: 3

Violations of wave rules

Rule text_small

Description: Text is very small

Count of instances: 1

Issue: fieldset possibly missing

Impact: User may be unable to get help recognizing a group of related form items

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 2

Violations of aslint rules

Rule group_elements_name_attribute

Description: Element is an input with a name attribute but has no fieldset parent

Count of instances: 2

Issue: labeling risky

Impact: User may misunderstand a form control

WCAG: 3.3.2

Score: 2

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_labelN

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

Count of instances: 2

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

Issue: legend missing

Impact: User cannot get help on the topic of a group of form items

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 2

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T3

Description: Description for a group of form controls using fieldset and legend elements is not provided

Count of instances: 1

Issue: autocomplete missing

Impact: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form

WCAG: 1.3.5

Score: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule autocomplete

Description: Name or email input is missing its required autocomplete 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: duplicate attribute

Impact: Browser processes the document improperly

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule dupAtt

Description: Source code of the element contains 2 or more of the same attribute

Count of instances: 1

Issue: double br use dubious

Impact: User may be unable to get help to fully understand the text

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule pseudoP

Description: Element contains sequential br elements instead of p

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link to non-web resource

Impact: Document points to harder-to-use resources

WCAG: 1.3.3

Score: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule link_pdf

Description: Link to PDF document

Count of instances: 1

Issue: tabindex positive

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot predict the navigation sequence

WCAG: 2.4.3

Score: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule tabindex

Description: tabIndex value positive

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: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule capital_letters_words

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

Count of instances: 59

Violations of testaro rules

Rule allCaps

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

Count of instances: 4

Issue: all-italic text

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 3.1.5

Score: 0

Violations of aslint rules

Rule font_style_italic

Description: Text longer than 80 characters has an italic font style

Count of instances: 1