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WCAGWatch
Automated monitoring for common WCAG-related accessibility issues, reports, scan history, and website maintenance workflows.
Accessibility Fix Guide
Low-contrast text makes a website harder to read. Use this guide to identify weak color combinations, update contrast issues, and monitor future design changes.
Problem Areas
Fix Process
Locate the affected text, button, link, form label, banner, or interface element in the scan results.
Identify the foreground and background colors being compared, especially when text sits over images or gradients.
Darken text, lighten the background, change the button color, add an overlay, or select colors with stronger contrast.
Run another scan after the update and confirm the contrast issue no longer appears.
Code Examples
Gray body text can be hard to read when it sits too close to a white background.
.body-copy { color: #b8b8b8; background: #ffffff; }.body-copy { color: #334155; background: #ffffff; }A button can look active while the label remains difficult to read.
.cta-button { color: #ffffff; background: #9ec5fe; }.cta-button { color: #ffffff; background: #1d4ed8; }Hero text can fail contrast when the photo behind it has mixed light and dark areas.
.hero-title { color: #ffffff; }.hero::before { background: rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.65); } .hero-title { color: #ffffff; }Labels and helper text can become too faint, especially at small sizes.
.form-label { color: #cbd5e1; }.form-label { color: #475569; }Contrast Fix Checklist
Review body copy, buttons, links, labels, badges, alerts, cards, and text over images.
Record the exact foreground and background colors before changing CSS.
Review hover, focus, active, disabled, validation, and error states because they often use separate colors.
Run another scan after theme updates, landing page edits, promotional campaigns, or component changes.
Design Tips
Use text, icons, borders, or labels with color when communicating status or errors.
Thin or lightweight fonts can be harder to read, even when color contrast appears acceptable.
Use overlays or containers so text over photos, video, or gradients has a predictable background.
Check shared buttons, cards, badges, and form styles because they repeat across the site.
Ongoing Monitoring
New themes, brand colors, and landing page updates can create contrast problems.
Temporary banners, holiday pages, and promotional sections often use one-off color combinations.
Product cards, sale labels, collection pages, and checkout-adjacent content can change quickly.
Popups, widgets, review blocks, and embedded forms can add colors outside your design system.
FAQ
Low-contrast text means the text color and background color are too similar, making the text harder to read for some visitors.
Increase the difference between the text color and the background. This can mean darkening the text, lightening the background, changing a button color, or adding an overlay behind text on images.
Small text is often the most affected, but buttons, headings, links, form labels, banners, and text over images can also have contrast problems.
Contrast is one accessibility area. Forms, alt text, keyboard access, structure, content, and usability also need review.