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Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by mwcampbell on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:23PM (#39749522)
> The high contrast of font to background requirement is so extreme that most major sites and even ADA related sites fail.

Why don't they just use high contrast? Why is readability so unfashionable?

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Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by Filligree on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:28PM (#39749592)
Text contrast multiplies with the monitor contrast, which then multiplies again with eyesight quality. The high contrast requirement is to make it readable for someone with poor eyesight on a low-quality monitor...

Which then makes it downright painful for someone with regular eyesight, who sets their monitor to high contrast to improve photo rendering. Grey-on-grey is the only website design that doesn't make me immediately back away.

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Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by coolliquidcode on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:28PM (#39749603)
It's very high contrast. The comment meta on these posts fail it. I'm pretty any text against the orange in this site fails it too.
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