Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Checks

7 PASS 1 REVIEW 5 FIX

Favicon & Branding

Action

1 icon(s) detected

FIX

1 icon(s) detected

favicon.ico present at site root

No apple-touch-icon detected

iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.

✓ favicon.ico Present

✗ PNG Icons Missing

✗ Apple Touch Missing

✗ SVG Favicon Missing

✗ Manifest Icons Missing

✗ Multiple Sizes Missing

Web Manifest

Action

Not found

FIX

Not found

No web manifest found

No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

No web manifest found.

Dark Mode Support

Action

Theme color only

FIX

Theme color only

Theme-color present but no dark variant

A theme-color is set but no dark-specific variant was found. The browser toolbar may not adapt for dark mode users.

Got: #fd5b4e

No dark mode signals detected

Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles

External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

Dark ModePartial Dark Mode

color-scheme meta Not set ✗Dark theme-color Not set ✗CSS indicators Not detected ✗

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles.

Print Stylesheet

Action

No print styles

FIX

No print styles

No print-specific styles detected

When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

Print Stylesheet No Print Styles

Print stylesheet Not found ✗Inline @media print Not detected ✗

Color Contrast (Screenshot)

20 text elements analyzed, 0 fail WCAG AA

REVIEW

Analyzes text contrast against the actual rendered page, including background images, gradients, and overlays that CSS-based tools cannot detect.

20 pass 1 pass AA only

Show all checked elements (20)

Element	Ratio	Required	FG	BG	Result
h1 Aujourd’hui sur R2…	3.00:1	3.0:1	#000000	#595959	Pass
title Refinery29 France	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Skip navigation!	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
span PUBLICITÉ	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
p A community celebrat…	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
p Latines learning, re…	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
p Beautycon is a globa…	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
div Featured Channels	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Most Wanted	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Horoscopes	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Money Diaries	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Good Game	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Not Your Token Asian	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a My Period	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
div Get The Latest	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Shopping	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Work & Money	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Sex & Wellness	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Beauté	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a News	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass

Methodology: The top 20 text elements by font size were checked. Background color was sampled from the desktop screenshot using a 5-point pattern. WCAG 2.1 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Landmark Structure

5 landmarks

PASS

5 landmarks

<main> landmark present

No <nav> landmark found

Skip navigation link present

Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it

A+

Heading Hierarchy

1 headings

PASS

1 headings

Single H1 present

H1 Aujourd’hui sur R29

A+

Alt Text Quality

All 18 images OK

PASS

All 18 images OK

1 decorative image(s) correctly marked

17 image(s) with good alt text

18 images 17 good alt text 1 decorative

All images have appropriate alt text.

Form Accessibility

1 of 1 controls have issues

PASS

1 of 1 controls have issues

1 control(s) rely on placeholder only

Placeholder text disappears on focus and is not a reliable label.

Got: <input type="search" name="q" id="search-header">

1 controls

0 labeled

1 placeholder only

0 unlabeled

Control	Type	Label	Method
#search-header	search	(Rechercher)	placeholder only

Placeholder text disappears on focus and is not a reliable label.

Why this matters

Placeholder-only labels disappear when the user starts typing — they must remember what the field was for.

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Placeholders are NOT labels. They vanish on input, fail color contrast checks (most are gray), and don't satisfy WCAG SC 3.3.2. Always use a real <label> alongside (or aria-labelledby).

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 3.3.2 / Nielsen Norman

Link & Button Quality

100 links, 3 buttons — all OK

PASS

100 links, 3 buttons — all OK

17 link(s) open in new tab without warning

Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.

Got: https://www.facebook.com/refinery29uk/; https://x.com/refinery29; https://www.instagram.com/refinery29uk/?hl=en; https://www.pinterest.com/refinery29/; https://www.snapchat.com/add/refinery29; https://www.youtube.com/refinery29; https://www.tiktok.com/@refinery29; https://jump.refinery29.com/join/24/signup-all-newsletters?utm_source=footer&…; https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep43bn/climate-uprise; https://www.pinterest.de/refinery29france/ (+7 more)

83 link(s) with descriptive text

100 links

0 empty

0 generic text

17 new tab

0 empty buttons

Element	Text	Issue	Suggested Fix
https://www.facebook.com/refinery29uk/	Refinery29's Facebook page	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://x.com/refinery29	Refinery29's Twitter page	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.instagram.com/refinery29uk/?…	Refinery29's Instagram page	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.pinterest.com/refinery29/	Refinery29's Pinterest page	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.snapchat.com/add/refinery29	Add Refinery29 on Snapchat	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.youtube.com/refinery29	Refinery29's YouTube channel	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.tiktok.com/@refinery29	Refinery29 on TikTok	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://jump.refinery29.com/join/24/sign…	Sign up for Refinery29 newslet…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep43b…	CLIMATE UPRISERejoignez notre …	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.pinterest.de/refinery29franc…	Personnalisez votre moodboardR…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.facebook.com/Refinery29Franc…	Pour ne manquer aucun articleA…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.facebook.com/Refinery29Franc…	Retrouvez-nous sur Facebook	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.youtube.com/refinery29tv/?su…	Retrouvez-nous sur YouTube	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.instagram.com/refinery29fran…	Retrouvez-nous sur Instagram	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://twitter.com/refinery29	Retrouvez-nous sur Twitter	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.pinterest.de/refinery29franc…	Retrouvez-nous sur Pinterest	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.tiktok.com/@refinery29	Retrouvez-nous sur TikTok	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text

86 links and buttons have descriptive text

Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.

https://www.facebook.com/refinery29uk/; https://x.com/refinery29; https://www.instagram.com/refinery29uk/?hl=en; https://www.pinterest.com/refinery29/; https://www.snapchat.com/add/refinery29; https://www.youtube.com/refinery29; https://www.tiktok.com/@refinery29; https://jump.refinery29.com/join/24/signup-all-newsletters?utm_source=footer&…; https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep43bn/climate-uprise; https://www.pinterest.de/refinery29france/ (+7 more)

Why this matters

Links with target="_blank" without rel="noopener" leak the originating page's window context — security and UX issue.

Learn more ▾

Without rel="noopener", the new tab can navigate the original tab via window.opener (tab-nabbing attack). Modern browsers default to noopener for target=_blank but only since recent versions. Always set rel="noopener noreferrer" explicitly.

Source: MDN target / OWASP

404 Error Page

HTTP 404, custom page

PASS

HTTP 404, custom page

Correct 404 status code returned

Got: HTTP 404

Custom styled 404 page

Navigation links present on 404 page

Homepage link present on 404 page

Search form present on 404 page

404 Page Quality ✓ Custom 404 Page

Status Code HTTP 404 ✓Page Title Refinery29 ✓Custom Styling ✓Navigation ✓Homepage Link ✓Search Form ✓

A+

Lighthouse Accessibility Audits

Score 100/100 — 0 failing, 27 passed

PASS

100

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Skip links are focusable.

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●All heading elements contain content.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Identical links have the same purpose.

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.