Comments on: The Myths of Color Contrast Accessibility

By: Bill Stewart

Bill Stewart — Sun, 14 May 2023 23:55:45 +0000

Hi Anthony,
Great post!!
Is there any automated test tool that actually corrects for the qualitative real world results for actual visually disabled users?

Your post is very important for any designer who cares about “real world” accessibility vs theoretical mathematical models that are too simplified to account for the way color blind & noncolor blind human eyes actually respond to light, as the cited source article explains.

My design work in the past for elderly users with various eyesight issues confirmed Myth 1. Just like our example, I tried to follow WCAG with dark text on colored buttons, and it completely FAILED with visually impaired users. When I switched to white text on Blue, WCAG failed, but my results clearly favored the white text on blue.

Cheers,
-Bill

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:23:46 +0000

This is incorrect. People have brought these suits and forced many organizations into settlements as a result. The WCAG AA is considered a minimum accessibility requirement and the ADA has been used to successfully file suit against organizations that have large bodies of text on their websites which fall below the AA standard.

By: Jesse Pence

Jesse Pence — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:12:37 +0000

I’m color blind with poor vision.

I can read it.

By: Kane Jason

Kane Jason — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:46:10 +0000

Great post Anthony! Today, I learned a lot from this post.

By: Jon Wojtek

Jon Wojtek — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:57:49 +0000

Shoutout to Jon Wojo. His comment on user experience are golden.
2.3 Is adding in a bit of exceptions if user controls are being added.

My advice is have a color key for your site and an option(s) to switch the color key to colors at the appropriate Contrast level, flip the white text to black. Target your user community.

You have to be careful with tracking or providing an alternative site because PII/PHI/disability regulations.
I know this thread is old, but thought my comment was relevant to an open discussion and given WCAG 2.3 is coming.