Accessibility digest

Introduction

How accessible is the International Rescue Committee web page at https://www.rescue.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 3291, the sum of 630 for the count of issues, 2061 for specific issues, 483 for tool-by-tool ratings, 0 for the page preventing tools from running, 117 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: link indication poor

Impact: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text

WCAG: 1.3.3

Score: 264

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: 132

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkUl

Description: Inline links are not underlined

Count of instances: 15

Issue: svg image not named

Impact: User cannot get help understanding an image

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 184

Violations of aslint rules

Rule accessible_svg

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

Count of instances: 46

Issue: parent invalid

Impact: User cannot properly operate an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 128

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Element has an invalid parent

Count of instances: 32

Issue: attribute value invalid

Impact: Item behaves improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 116

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Attribute on this element has an invalid value

Count of instances: 29

Issue: element not focusable

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

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 98

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focAll

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

Count of instances: 49

Issue: nav links not list

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 86

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: title attribute invalid

Impact: User cannot hover to get help explaining an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 80

Violations of testaro rules

Rule titledEl

Description: title attribute belongs to an inappropriate element

Count of instances: 20

Issue: link not named

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

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 72

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_link_element

Description: Element has no visible and accessible name

Count of instances: 18

Issue: ID not unique

Impact: User may be pointed to the wrong item

WCAG: 4.1.1

Score: 64

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r3

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule duplicated_id_attribute

Description: Element id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 4

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: 5

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Duplicate id

Count of instances: 10

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R18

Description: id attribute value is not unique

Count of instances: 16

Issue: text contrast poor

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 60

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r69

Description: Text outside widget has subminimum contrast

Count of instances: 13

Violations of axe rules

Rule color-contrast

Description: Element has insufficient color contrast

Count of instances: 15

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: 2

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: role redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 58

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: 32

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: explicit role is redundant for its element

Count of instances: 32

Violations of testaro rules

Rule role

Description: Invalid, native-replacing, or redundant role

Count of instances: 58

Issue: line height low

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.8

Score: 58

Violations of testaro rules

Rule lineHeight

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

Count of instances: 29

Issue: target small

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

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 57

Violations of testaro rules

Rule targetSize

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

Count of instances: 19

Issue: button not named

Impact: User cannot get help explaing a button

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 52

Violations of aslint rules

Rule empty_button_description

Description: Button has no visible accessible name

Count of instances: 13

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.4_1_2.H91.Button.Name

Description: Button element has no accessible name

Count of instances: 1

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R11

Description: Button has no accessible name

Count of instances: 6

Violations of wave rules

Rule button_empty

Description: Button is empty or has no value text

Count of instances: 6

Issue: links named identically

Impact: User cannot get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 52

Violations of aslint rules

Rule links_same_content_different_url

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

Count of instances: 18

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-ACT-R9

Description: Links with identical accessible names have different purposes

Count of instances: 24

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: 5

Issue: text contrast improvable

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.6

Score: 46

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r66

Description: Text contrast less than AAA requires

Count of instances: 13

Violations of aslint rules

Rule color_contrast_aaa

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

Count of instances: 46

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.1_4_6.G17.Fail

Description: Text has insufficient contrast

Count of instances: 7

Issue: content beyond landmarks

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

WCAG: 1.3.6

Score: 45

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r57

Description: Perceivable text content is not included in any landmark

Count of instances: 45

Violations of axe rules

Rule region

Description: Some page content is not contained by landmarks

Count of instances: 10

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_content_in_landmark

Description: Content is not within a landmark element

Count of instances: 19

Issue: visible label not in name

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

WCAG: 2.5.3

Score: 39

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r14

Description: Visible label is not in the accessible name

Count of instances: 12

Violations of axe rules

Rule label-content-name-mismatch

Description: Element visible text is not part of its accessible name

Count of instances: 12

Violations of htmlcs rules

Rule AAA.2_5_3.F96

Description: Visible label is not in the accessible name

Count of instances: 13

Violations of ibm rules

Rule label_name_visible

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

Count of instances: 11

Issue: font size absolute

Impact: User cannot adjust the text size for readability

WCAG: 1.4.4

Score: 38

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T28

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

Count of instances: 19

Issue: tablist navigation nonstandard

Impact: Tablist items behave improperly for a keyboard-only user

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 36

Violations of testaro rules

Rule tabNav

Description: Nonstandard keyboard navigation among tabs

Count of instances: 18

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: focusable element not active

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 27

Violations of axe rules

Rule focus-order-semantics

Description: Focusable element has no active role

Count of instances: 9

Issue: control child of link or button

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

WCAG: 2.5.5

Score: 27

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule An element with the attribute tabindex must not appear as a descendant of the a element.

Description: descendant of an a element has a tabindex attribute

Count of instances: 6

Rule The element button must not appear as a descendant of the a element.

Description: button element is a descendant of an a element

Count of instances: 3

Violations of testaro rules

Rule embAc

Description: Active element is embedded in a link or button

Count of instances: 3

Issue: tabindex redundant

Impact: Revision risks interfering with navigation by a keyboard-only user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 21

Violations of aslint rules

Rule misused_tabindex_attribute

Description: Element has an implicit tabIndex value 0, but also has a tabindex attribute

Count of instances: 21

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: 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: 5

Issue: focus indication poor

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

WCAG: 2.4.7

Score: 20

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r65

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

Count of instances: 5

Violations of testaro rules

Rule focInd

Description: Focused element displays a nonstandard or no focus indicator

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: 20

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: 18

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: 12

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkExt

Description: Link opens a new window or tab

Count of instances: 20

Issue: color missing

Impact: Content is impossible to perceive under some conditions

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 20

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T31

Description: Foreground or background color is specified but not both

Count of instances: 5

Issue: image dubiously named

Impact: Helper may describe an image inadequately

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 19

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T8

Description: Text alternative is not an alternative

Count of instances: 19

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_suspicious

Description: Image text alternative is suspicious

Count of instances: 1

Issue: title attribute redundant

Impact: Helper repeats the explanation of an item

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 18

Violations of testaro rules

Rule linkTitle

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

Count of instances: 18

Issue: inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

Impact: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types

WCAG: 3.2.4

Score: 15

Violations of testaro rules

Rule styleDiff

Description: Heading, link, and button style inconsistencies

Count of instances: 15

Issue: interactive component not named

Impact: User cannot get help understanding a custom item

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 12

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_widget_labelled

Description: Interactive component has no programmatically associated name

Count of instances: 3

Issue: text and image link not combined

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

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 12

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T10

Description: Adjacent image and text links for the same resource are not combined

Count of instances: 6

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: 2

Violations of wave rules

Rule label_orphaned

Description: Orphaned form label

Count of instances: 2

Issue: type redundant

Impact: Document includes unnecessary code

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 8

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: 1

Issue: label referent ineligible

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

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 8

Violations of nuVal rules

Rule The value of the for attribute of the label element must be the ID of a non-hidden form control.

Description: for attribute of the label element does not reference a non-hidden form control

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: 8

Violations of testaro rules

Rule labClash

Description: Incompatible label types

Count of instances: 4

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: role invalid

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

WCAG: 4.1.2

Score: 6

Violations of ibm rules

Rule element_tabbable_role_valid

Description: Tabbable element has a non-widget role

Count of instances: 2

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: 5

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: 5

Issue: noscript element possibly not equivalent

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

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 5

Violations of wave rules

Rule noscript

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

Count of instances: 5

Issue: custom button possibly keyboard-inoperable

Impact: Custom item may prevent a keyboard-only user from operating it

WCAG: 2.1.1

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule link_button_space_key

Description: Element has a button role but may fail to be keyboard-operable

Count of instances: 4

Issue: link destination not URL

Impact: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of aslint rules

Rule unclear_anchor_uri

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

Count of instances: 4

Issue: links dubiously share name

Impact: User may be unable to get help differentiating links

WCAG: 2.4.4

Score: 4

Violations of axe rules

Rule identical-links-same-purpose

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

Count of instances: 4

Issue: attribute invalid

Impact: Item behaves improperly

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 4

Violations of ibm rules

Rule aria_attribute_valid

Description: ARIA attribute is invalid for the role of its element

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: image alt long

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

WCAG: 1.1.1

Score: 4

Violations of wave rules

Rule alt_long

Description: Long text alternative

Count of instances: 2

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

Issue: text contrast issues not testable

Impact: Text may be difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.3

Score: 3

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: 1

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: 1

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

Issue: landmarks 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_landmark_name_unique

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

Count of instances: 1

Issue: attribute obsolete

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

WCAG: 4.1

Score: 3

Violations of nuVal rules

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

Description: Attribute is obsolete on its element

Count of instances: 1

Issue: hovering changes content

Impact: User cannot explore the document reliably with a mouse

WCAG: 3.2.5

Score: 3

Violations of testaro rules

Rule hover

Description: Hovering changes the page content

Count of instances: 3

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: 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

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: link incomplete

Impact: User may fail to reach a promised location

WCAG: 1.3.1

Score: 2

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: 1

Issue: justification possibly undefined

Impact: Text may be difficult to read

WCAG: 1.4.8

Score: 2

Violations of qualWeb rules

Rule QW-WCAG-T29

Description: Alignment either to the left or right is not specified in CSS

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: text distortion

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 3.1.5

Score: 1

Violations of testaro rules

Rule distortion

Description: Element text is distorted by a transform style property

Count of instances: 1

Issue: all-italic text

Impact: Text is difficult to read

WCAG: 3.1.5

Score: 0

Violations of alfa rules

Rule r85

Description: Text of the paragraph is all italic

Count of instances: 1

Violations of aslint rules

Rule font_style_italic

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

Count of instances: 8

Issue: false aria-hidden value risky

Impact: User may be misled by erroneously hidden or revealed document content

WCAG: 2.4.6

Score: 0

Violations of aslint rules

Rule aria_hidden_false

Description: aria-hidden attribute has the value false

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: 9