Accessibility digest

Introduction

How accessible is the Save the Children web page at https://www.savethechildren.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 2753, the sum of 630 for the count of issues, 1420 for specific issues, 474 for tool-by-tool ratings, 0 for the page preventing tools from running, 229 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: line height low

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.8

Score: 186

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r73

Description: Text line height is not at least 1.5

Count of instances: 22

Violations of testaro rules

Rule lineHeight

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

Count of instances: 93

Issue: target small

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

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 111

Violations of testaro rules

Rule targetSize

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

Count of instances: 37

Issue: text contrast improvable

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.6

Score: 98

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r66

Description: Text contrast less than AAA requires

Count of instances: 60

Violations of aslint rules

Rule color_contrast_aaa

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

Count of instances: 40

Rule color_contrast_aaa7

Description: Text has contrast less than 7:1

Count of instances: 58

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast-enhanced

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast (Level AAA)

Count of instances: 28

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G17.Fail

Description: Text has insufficient contrast

Count of instances: 62

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: link indication poor

Impact: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text

WCAG: 1.3.3

Score: 88

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: 27

Violations of axe rules

Rule link-in-text-block

Description: Element is not distinct from surrounding text without reliance on color

Count of instances: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkUl

Description: Inline links are not underlined

Count of instances: 44

Issue: focus indication poor

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

WCAG: 2.4.7

Score: 80

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r65

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

Count of instances: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focInd

Description: Focused element displays a nonstandard or no focus indicator

Count of instances: 20

Issue: text contrast poor

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 76

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r69

Description: Text outside widget has subminimum contrast

Count of instances: 19

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast

Count of instances: 3

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: 3

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: 18

Violations of wave rules

Rule contrast

Description: Very low contrast

Count of instances: 18

Issue: operable element not focusable

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

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 64

Violations of testaro rules

Rule opFoc

Description: Operable element is not Tab-focusable

Count of instances: 16

Issue: links named identically

Impact: User cannot get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 62

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_same_content_different_url

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

Count of instances: 31

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R9

Description: Links with identical accessible names have different purposes

Count of instances: 10

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkAmb

Description: Links with the same text content have different destinations

Count of instances: 10

Issue: multiple h1 headings

Impact: User cannot understand the topic of the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 62

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule Consider using the h1 element as a top-level heading only (all h1 elements are treated as top-level headings by many screen readers and other tools).

Description: Page contains more than 1 h1 element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: ID not unique

Impact: User may be pointed to the wrong item

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 40

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R18

Description: id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 10

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 and image link not combined

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

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 28

Violations of wave rules

Rule link_redundant

Description: Adjacent links go to the same URL

Count of instances: 14

Issue: image dubiously named

Impact: Helper may describe an image inadequately

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 27

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T8

Description: Text alternative is not an alternative

Count of instances: 27

Issue: z-index not zero

Impact: User cannot predict the effect of clicking

WCAG: 1.4

Score: 25

Violations of testaro rules

Rule zIndex

Description: Element has a nondefault z-index value

Count of instances: 25

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: code obsolete

Impact: Document contains code that is no longer standard

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 21

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_attribute_deprecated

Description: Element or attribute is obsolete

Count of instances: 7

Issue: input not named

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 20

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.InputEmail.Name

Description: Email input has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.InputText.Name

Description: Text input has no accessible name

Count of instances: 4

Issue: nav links not list

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 18

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1.H48

Description: Navigation links are not coded as a list

Count of instances: 3

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: 9

Issue: control not named

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 16

Violations of axe rules

Rule label

Description: Form element has no label

Count of instances: 3

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1.F68

Description: Form control has no label

Count of instances: 4

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 wave rules

Rule label_missing

Description: form element has no label

Count of instances: 2

Issue: no role-required name

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 16

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_accessiblename_exists

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

Count of instances: 4

Issue: attribute value invalid

Impact: Item behaves improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 16

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Attribute on this element has an invalid value

Count of instances: 4

Issue: image not named

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

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 12

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r2

Description: Image has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule img_alt_valid

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

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R17

Description: Image has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_spacer_missing

Description: Spacer image has no text alternative

Count of instances: 3

Issue: link href missing

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 12

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_href_on_a

Description: Link has no href attribute

Count of instances: 6

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.A.NoHref

Description: Link is misused as a link destination

Count of instances: 1

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule Element a is missing required attribute href.

Description: a element has no href attribute

Count of instances: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkTo

Description: Link has no href attribute

Count of instances: 4

Issue: element beyond display when focused

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

WCAG: 1.4.10

Score: 12

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focVis

Description: Element when focused is off the display

Count of instances: 4

Issue: image alt long

Impact: Helper gives a user an overly verbose explanation of an image

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 12

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_long

Description: Long text alternative

Count of instances: 6

Issue: tab-opening link action possibly unstated

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

WCAG: 3.2.5

Score: 10

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: 10

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: 10

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkExt

Description: Link opens a new window or tab

Count of instances: 10

Issue: labeling risky

Impact: User may misunderstand a form control

WCAG: 3.3.2

Score: 9

Violations of aslint rules

Rule missing_labelN

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

Count of instances: 9

Issue: meta invalid

Impact: Document fails to include needed data

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 9

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule A document must not include both a meta element with an http-equiv attribute whose value is content-type, and a meta element with a charset attribute.

Description: Element with http-equiv="content-type" is incompatible with the meta element with a charset attribute

Count of instances: 1

Rule A meta element with an http-equiv attribute whose value is X-UA-Compatible must have a content attribute with the value IE=edge.

Description: Element with http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" has no content="IE=edge"

Count of instances: 1

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

Description: Element is missing a required attribute

Count of instances: 1

Issue: inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

Impact: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types

WCAG: 3.2.4

Score: 9

Violations of testaro rules

Rule styleDiff

Description: Heading, link, and button style inconsistencies

Count of instances: 9

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: fieldset possibly missing

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 8

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: 8

Issue: link name dubious

Impact: User may misunderstand what a link points to

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 8

Violations of aslint rules

Rule link_with_unclear_purpose

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

Count of instances: 8

Violations of wave rules

Rule link_suspicious

Description: Suspicious link text

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: 8

Violations of aslint rules

Rule duplicated_for_attribute

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

Count of instances: 8

Violations of axe rules

Rule form-field-multiple-labels

Description: Form field has multiple label elements

Count of instances: 3

Violations of ibm rules

Rule form_label_unique

Description: Form control has more than one label

Count of instances: 3

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: type redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 7

Violations of nuVal rules

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: 3

Rule The type attribute is unnecessary for JavaScript resources.

Description: type attribute is unnecessary for a JavaScript resource

Count of instances: 4

Issue: attribute obsolete

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

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 6

Violations of aslint rules

Rule obsolete_html_attributes

Description: Element has an obsolete attribute

Count of instances: 1

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Attribute is obsolete on its element

Count of instances: 1

Rule The name attribute is obsolete. Consider putting an id attribute on the nearest container instead.

Description: name attribute is obsolete

Count of instances: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkOldAtt

Description: Element has a deprecated attribute

Count of instances: 1

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: 2

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1_AAA.G141

Description: Heading level is incorrect

Count of instances: 3

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: section heading missing

Impact: User cannot understand the topic of a part of the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 5

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule Section lacks heading. Consider using h2-h6 elements to add identifying headings to all sections, or else use a div element instead for any cases where no heading is needed.

Description: section has no heading

Count of instances: 5

Issue: iframe not named

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 4

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r13

Description: iframe has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

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

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.2_4_1.H64.1

Description: iframe element has no non-empty title attribute

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R19

Description: iframe element has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Issue: parent missing

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot operate a custom tool

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r42

Description: Element is not owned by an element of its required context role

Count of instances: 1

Issue: descendant missing

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot operate a custom tool

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r68

Description: Element does not own an element required by its semantic role

Count of instances: 1

Violations of axe rules

Rule aria-required-children

Description: ARIA role does not contain a required child

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R38

Description: Element has no ARIA required owned element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link not named

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

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_link_element

Description: Element has no visible and accessible name

Count of instances: 1

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

Issue: focusable element hidden

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule misused_aria_on_focusable_element

Description: Visible focusable element has a true aria-hidden attribute or a presentation role

Count of instances: 1

Issue: list item orphan

Impact: User cannot get help on whether an item is in a list

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of axe rules

Rule listitem

Description: Element is not contained by a ul or ol element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: link incomplete

Impact: User may fail to reach a promised location

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.A.Placeholder

Description: Link has text but no href, id, or name attribute

Count of instances: 2

Issue: title attribute invalid

Impact: User cannot hover to get help explaining an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of testaro rules

Rule titledEl

Description: title attribute belongs to an inappropriate element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: menu items missing

Impact: User cannot reach promised menu items

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of wave rules

Rule aria_menu_broken

Description: ARIA menu does not contain required menu items

Count of instances: 1

Issue: content beyond landmarks

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 3

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r57

Description: Perceivable text content is not included in any landmark

Count of instances: 3

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_content_in_landmark

Description: Content is not within a landmark element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: form submission button missing

Impact: User cannot easily submit a form

WCAG: 3.2.2

Score: 3

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: 1

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.3_2_2.H32.2

Description: Form has no submit button

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T19

Description: Submit button not provided

Count of instances: 1

Issue: role redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 3

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: 2

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule ^The .+ role is unnecessary for element .+$

Description: explicit role is redundant for its element

Count of instances: 2

Violations of testaro rules

Rule role

Description: Invalid, native-replacing, or redundant role

Count of instances: 3

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 aria_child_valid

Description: Child element has a role not allowed for the role of the parent

Count of instances: 1

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 ibm rules

Rule label_name_visible

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

Count of instances: 1

Issue: heading level skipped

Impact: Helper misdescribes the document

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 2

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r53

Description: Heading skips one or more levels

Count of instances: 1

Violations of axe rules

Rule heading-order

Description: Heading levels do not increase by only one

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule heading_skipped

Description: Skipped heading level

Count of instances: 1

Issue: links dubiously share name

Impact: User may be unable to get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 2

Violations of axe rules

Rule identical-links-same-purpose

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

Count of instances: 2

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: 2

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_3_1.H42

Description: Heading coding is not used but the element may be intended as a heading

Count of instances: 1

Violations of wave rules

Rule heading_possible

Description: Possible heading

Count of instances: 2

Issue: text contrast issues not testable

Impact: Text may be difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 2

Violations of htmlcs rules

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

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: no option focusable

Impact: Keyboard-only user cannot choose an option

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 1

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_child_tabbable

Description: No descendent element with an option role is tabbable

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: all-capital text

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 3.1.5

Score: 0

Violations of aslint rules

Rule capital_letters_words

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

Count of instances: 46

Violations of testaro rules

Rule allCaps

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

Count of instances: 3

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