Accessibility digest

Introduction

How accessible is the Charity Navigator web page at https://www.charitynavigator.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 3286, the sum of 550 for the count of issues, 2286 for specific issues, 354 for tool-by-tool ratings, 0 for the page preventing tools from running, 86 for browser warnings, and 10 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: 804

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T31

Description: Foreground or background color is specified but not both

Count of instances: 201

Issue: CSS invalid

Impact: Document cannot be properly displayed

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 165

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule CSS: @import are not allowed after any valid statement other than @charset and @import.

Description: CSS @import at-rule is after an at-rule other than @charset or @import

Count of instances: 1

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

Description: Invalid CSS

Count of instances: 54

Issue: link indication poor

Impact: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text

WCAG: 1.3.3

Score: 150

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: 75

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkUl

Description: Inline links are not underlined

Count of instances: 9

Issue: multiple banners

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 124

Violations of axe rules

Rule landmark-no-duplicate-banner

Description: Page has more than 1 banner landmark

Count of instances: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_banner_single

Description: More than one element with a banner role is on the page

Count of instances: 2

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: h1 missing

Impact: User cannot understand the topic of the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 93

Violations of aslint rules

Rule h1_must_be

Description: Page contains no h1 element

Count of instances: 1

Violations of axe rules

Rule page-has-heading-one

Description: Document contains no level-one heading

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule h1_missing

Description: Missing first level heading

Count of instances: 1

Issue: nav links not list

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 86

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: 43

Issue: link not named

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

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 72

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: 16

Violations of axe rules

Rule link-name

Description: Link has no discernible text

Count of instances: 5

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.A.Empty

Description: a element has an id attribute but no href attribute or text

Count of instances: 1

Rule AAA.1_1_1.H30.2

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

Count of instances: 5

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.A.EmptyNoId

Description: Link has no name or id attribute or value

Count of instances: 2

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.A.NoContent

Description: Link has an href attribute but not named

Count of instances: 8

Violations of ibm rules

Rule a_text_purpose

Description: Hyperlink has no link text, label, or image with a text alternative

Count of instances: 5

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R12

Description: Link has no accessible name

Count of instances: 13

Rule QW-WCAG-T21

Description: Accessible name is not provided for an image which is the only content in a link

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: 8

Issue: element not focusable

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

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 62

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focAll

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

Count of instances: 31

Issue: text contrast poor

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 56

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r69

Description: Text outside widget has subminimum contrast

Count of instances: 1

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast

Count of instances: 12

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R37

Description: Text has less than the minimum contrast

Count of instances: 14

Violations of wave rules

Rule contrast

Description: Very low contrast

Count of instances: 1

Issue: links named identically

Impact: User cannot get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 44

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_same_content_different_url

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

Count of instances: 22

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R9

Description: Links with identical accessible names have different purposes

Count of instances: 2

Rule QW-ACT-R44

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

Count of instances: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkAmb

Description: Links with the same text content have different destinations

Count of instances: 1

Issue: target small

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

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 39

Violations of testaro rules

Rule targetSize

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

Count of instances: 13

Issue: font size absolute

Impact: User cannot adjust the text size for readability

WCAG: 1.4.4

Score: 34

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r74

Description: Paragraph text has an absolute font size

Count of instances: 17

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T28

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

Count of instances: 4

Issue: line height absolute

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

WCAG: 1.4.12

Score: 34

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r80

Description: Paragraph text has an absolute line height

Count of instances: 17

Issue: focus indication poor

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

WCAG: 2.4.7

Score: 32

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focInd

Description: Focused element displays a nonstandard or no focus indicator

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: text contrast improvable

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.6

Score: 29

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r66

Description: Text contrast less than AAA requires

Count of instances: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule color_contrast_aaa

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

Count of instances: 22

Rule color_contrast_aaa7

Description: Text has contrast less than 7:1

Count of instances: 7

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast-enhanced

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast (Level AAA)

Count of instances: 6

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R76

Description: Text has less than the enhanced minimum contrast

Count of instances: 14

Issue: line height low

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.8

Score: 28

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r73

Description: Text line height is not at least 1.5

Count of instances: 14

Violations of testaro rules

Rule lineHeight

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

Count of instances: 3

Issue: attribute value invalid

Impact: Item behaves improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 28

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Attribute on this element has an invalid value

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: 24

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1.F68

Description: Form control has no label

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: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule label_missing

Description: form element has no label

Count of instances: 6

Issue: error reference invalid

Impact: User cannot correct a form error

WCAG: 3.3.1

Score: 24

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R41

Description: Error message describes no invalid form field value

Count of instances: 6

Issue: image dubiously named

Impact: Helper may describe an image inadequately

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 21

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T8

Description: Text alternative is not an alternative

Count of instances: 21

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_suspicious

Description: Image text alternative is suspicious

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: 20

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r2

Description: Image has no accessible name

Count of instances: 5

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_alt_attribute

Description: Image has no alt attribute

Count of instances: 5

Violations of axe rules

Rule image-alt

Description: Image has no text alternative

Count of instances: 5

Violations of ibm rules

Rule img_alt_valid

Description: Image has neither an alt attribute nor an ARIA label or title

Count of instances: 5

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule An img element must have an alt attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.

Description: img element has no alt attribute

Count of instances: 5

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R17

Description: Image has no accessible name

Count of instances: 5

Issue: button not named

Impact: User cannot get help explaing a button

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 16

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r12

Description: Button has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_button_description

Description: Button has no visible accessible name

Count of instances: 2

Violations of axe rules

Rule button-name

Description: Button has no discernible text

Count of instances: 1

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.Button.Name

Description: Button element has no accessible name

Count of instances: 2

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R11

Description: Button has no accessible name

Count of instances: 3

Violations of wave rules

Rule button_empty

Description: Button is empty or has no value text

Count of instances: 4

Issue: tab-opening link action possibly unstated

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

WCAG: 3.2.5

Score: 14

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: 14

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: 14

Issue: ID not unique

Impact: User may be pointed to the wrong item

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 12

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r3

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 3

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 htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_1.F77

Description: Duplicate id attribute value

Count of instances: 2

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_id_unique

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

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R18

Description: id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 3

Issue: input not named

Impact: User cannot get help on what information to enter in a form item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 12

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.InputText.Name

Description: Text input has no accessible name

Count of instances: 3

Issue: type redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 12

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: 7

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: 5

Issue: inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

Impact: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types

WCAG: 3.2.4

Score: 12

Violations of testaro rules

Rule styleDiff

Description: Heading, link, and button style inconsistencies

Count of instances: 12

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: svg image not named

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an image

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 8

Violations of aslint rules

Rule accessible_svg

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

Count of instances: 2

Issue: no role-required name

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 8

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_accessiblename_exists

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

Count of instances: 2

Issue: attribute invalid

Impact: Item behaves improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 8

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule When the srcset attribute has any image candidate string with a width descriptor, the sizes attribute must also be specified.

Description: Element with a srcset attribute with a width has no valid sizes attribute

Count of instances: 2

Issue: text contrast issues not testable

Impact: Text may be difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 7

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: 2

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G18.Abs

Description: Contrast between the absolutely positioned text and its background may be less than 4.5:1

Count of instances: 1

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G18.BgImage

Description: Contrast between the text and the background image may be less than 4.5:1

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link href missing

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_href_on_a

Description: Link has no href attribute

Count of instances: 3

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: landmarks not distinctly named

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 6

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: 2

Issue: code obsolete

Impact: Document contains code that is no longer standard

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 6

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_attribute_deprecated

Description: Element or attribute is obsolete

Count of instances: 2

Issue: banners not distinctly named

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 6

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_banner_label_unique

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

Count of instances: 2

Issue: code invalid

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

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 6

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^The element .+ must not appear as a descendant of the .+ element.*$

Description: Element has an invalid ancestor

Count of instances: 1

Rule The document is not mappable to XML 1.0 due to two consecutive hyphens in a comment.

Description: Comment contains --

Count of instances: 1

Issue: autocomplete missing

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

WCAG: 1.3.5

Score: 6

Violations of testaro rules

Rule autocomplete

Description: Name or email input is missing its required autocomplete 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: 5

Violations of axe rules

Rule p-as-heading

Description: Styled p element may be misused as a heading

Count of instances: 5

Violations of wave rules

Rule heading_possible

Description: Possible heading

Count of instances: 5

Issue: label location dubious

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

WCAG: 3.3.2

Score: 5

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T17

Description: label not positioned to maximize the predictability of the relationship

Count of instances: 5

Issue: font small

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4

Score: 3

Violations of aslint rules

Rule minimum_font_size

Description: Font size is smaller than 10 pixels

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule text_small

Description: Text is very small

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: element beyond display when focused

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

WCAG: 1.4.10

Score: 3

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focVis

Description: Element when focused is off the display

Count of instances: 1

Issue: element in head invalid

Impact: Browser processes the document improperly

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 3

Violations of testaro rules

Rule headEl

Description: Elements in the head are not allowed there

Count of instances: 1

Issue: element referenced by multiple labels

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 3

Violations of wave rules

Rule label_multiple

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

Count of instances: 3

Issue: link name dubious

Impact: User may misunderstand what a link points to

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 2

Violations of aslint rules

Rule link_with_unclear_purpose

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

Count of instances: 2

Issue: banner child of landmark

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 2

Violations of axe rules

Rule landmark-banner-is-top-level

Description: banner landmark is contained in another landmark

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: 2

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_4_10.C32,C31,C33,C38,SCR34,G206

Description: Fixed-position element may force bidirectional scrolling

Count of instances: 2

Issue: links dubiously share name

Impact: User may be unable to get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 1

Violations of axe rules

Rule identical-links-same-purpose

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

Count of instances: 1

Issue: image dubiously marked decorative

Impact: Helper ignores an image that is apparently informative

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 1

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_1_1.H67.2

Description: Image marked as decorative may be informative

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: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule noscript

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

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: 20

Violations of testaro rules

Rule allCaps

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

Count of instances: 7