If there is one topic that causes a lot of debate among our accessibility engineers here at TPGi, it’s the Success Criterion 1.4.1 Use of Color. On the face of it, it seems like a simple one:
Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.
Yet time and again we encounter issues that result in much head-scratching and deliberation from the hive mind.
- Was that really a failure due to use of color?
- Are we failing on Use of Color because we just want the links underlined?
- Or is it just bad UX for everyone and therefore not a WCAG failure as such … but still sucks, nonetheless?
Read the article.