Accessibility

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

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Checks

5 PASS 2 REVIEW 6 FIX

404 Error Page

Action

HTTP 404, bare page

FIX

HTTP 404, bare page

Correct 404 status code returned

Got: HTTP 404

Bare server default 404 page

The 404 page has no custom styling. Users hitting a broken link see a generic error with no way to navigate back. Add a custom 404 page with your site navigation and a search bar.

404 Page Quality Default 404 Page

Status Code HTTP 404 ✓Custom Styling ✗Navigation ✗Homepage Link ✗Search Form ✗

Favicon & Branding

Action

3 icon(s) detected

FIX

3 icon(s) detected

No favicon.ico at site root

Some older browsers, bookmark tools, and RSS readers look for /favicon.ico. Add one as a fallback.

HTML icon links detected

Apple touch icon present

✗ favicon.ico Missing

✓ PNG Icons Present

✓ Apple Touch Present

✗ SVG Favicon Missing

✓ Manifest Icons Present

✗ Multiple Sizes Missing

Web Manifest

Action

Valid manifest

FIX

Valid manifest

Name present: BuzzFeed

No 192x192 icon

A 192px icon is required for PWA installation.

PWA Install Criteria Not Installable

Name BuzzFeed ✓192×192 icon ✗512×512 icon ✗Start URL ✗Display Mode ✗

Name BuzzFeed Theme Color #ee3322 Icons 1 icon(s)

Dark Mode Support

Action

No dark mode signals

FIX

No dark mode signals

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 ModeNo Dark Mode Detected

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 ✗

Link & Button Quality

2 issue(s) across 131 links and 15 buttons

REVIEW

2 issue(s) across 131 links and 15 buttons

2 link(s) open in new tab without warning

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

Got: https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy?country=en-us; https://www.onetrust.com/products/cookie-consent/

2 button(s) with no accessible text

Icon-only buttons need an aria-label so screen readers can announce them.

Got: button (#971 on page); button (#981 on page)

129 link(s) with descriptive text

131 links

0 empty

0 generic text

2 new tab

2 empty buttons

Element	Text	Issue	Suggested Fix
https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy?c…	More information about your pr…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.onetrust.com/products/cookie…	Powered by OneTrust Opens in a…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
<button>	(empty)	empty	Add button text or aria-label
<button>	(empty)	empty	Add button text or aria-label

142 links and buttons have descriptive text

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

https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy?country=en-us; https://www.onetrust.com/products/cookie-consent/

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

Icon-only buttons need an aria-label so screen readers can announce them.

button (#971 on page); button (#981 on page)

Why this matters

Buttons with no accessible text (icon-only, no aria-label) can't be activated by voice control or understood by screen readers.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 4.1.2

Color Contrast (Screenshot)

Action

20 text elements analyzed, 5 fail WCAG AA

REVIEW

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

15 pass 5 fail WCAG AA

h1 BuzzFeed News

1.62:1

#000000

#2B3140

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

32px · top of page (header area) · over background image/gradient

h2 Sections

1.52:1

#000000

#232D40

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

24px · above the fold · over background image/gradient

span Reporting To You

1.01:1

#000000

#010101

needs 4.5:1 (normal text)

16px · top of page (header area)

a Arts & Entertainment

1.04:1

#000000

#04070D

needs 4.5:1 (normal text)

16px · above the fold

a Books

1.27:1

#000000

#191F2B

needs 4.5:1 (normal text)

16px · above the fold

2 contrast failures on background images/gradients

These failures are invisible to CSS-based accessibility tools like Lighthouse. The text may be fine on a solid background, but fails when rendered over an image or gradient.

Show all checked elements (20)

Element	Ratio	Required	FG	BG	Result
h1 BuzzFeed News	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#2B3140	Fail
h2 Sections	1.52:1	3.0:1	#000000	#232D40	Fail
h2 "Omg The Phones And …	21.00:1	3.0:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
h2 “We Were Always Pl…	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h2 A Final Editor’s N…	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h2 "Omg The Phones And …	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h2 “We Were Always Pl…	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h2 A Final Editor’s N…	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h2 Sections	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h2 Do Not Sell or Share…	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h3 Breaking News	21.00:1	3.0:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
h3 Breaking News	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h3 Manage Consent Prefe…	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
h3 Cookie List	19.43:1	3.0:1	#000000	#F6F6F6	Pass
title BuzzFeed News \| Brea…	8.73:1	4.5:1	#000000	#A7A7A7	Pass
a Skip To Content	8.73:1	4.5:1	#000000	#A7A7A7	Pass
span Reporting To You	1.01:1	4.5:1	#000000	#010101	Fail
a Arts & Entertainment	1.04:1	4.5:1	#000000	#04070D	Fail
a Books	1.27:1	4.5:1	#000000	#191F2B	Fail
a Business	11.32:1	4.5:1	#000000	#BFBEBD	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.

A+

Landmark Structure

14 landmarks

PASS

14 landmarks

<main> landmark present

2 <nav> landmark(s) found

All <nav> elements are properly labeled

Skip navigation link present

Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it

A+

Heading Hierarchy

55 headings

PASS

55 headings

Single H1 present

H1 BuzzFeed News
H2 Sections
H3 Breaking News
H2 "Omg The Phones And No Movement": Everyone Is Saying The Same Thing About The Sabrina Carpenter And Madonna Coachella Crowd
H2 “We Were Always Playing An Entirely Different Game”: The Ultimate Oral History Of BuzzFeed News
H2 A Final Editor’s Note
H3 Breaking News
H2 "Omg The Phones And No Movement": Everyone Is Saying The Same Thing About The Sabrina Carpenter And Madonna Coachella Crowd
H2 “We Were Always Playing An Entirely Different Game”: The Ultimate Oral History Of BuzzFeed News
H2 A Final Editor’s Note
H2 Sections
H2 These Photos Show Just How Wild The Height Differences *Really* Are Between Athletes And Celebs
H2 Here's What Happened To Josh Hutcherson After He Made Negative Comments About Taylor Swift
H2 "How Sad To Be So Famous And So Cheap": Servers Are Exposing The Best And Worst Celebrity Tippers
H2 Kid Cudi And Wiz Khalifa Are Being Praised For Saying That Women Are The “Secret” To Men Being Cool, And I Love This
H2 “People Can’t Afford Groceries…”: Law Roach Publicly Called Out An Airline For Not Giving Him The Business Class Seat He Paid For, And It Caused A Stir Online
H2 If You Can Solve These Three Tough Movie Chain Puzzles, I'll Personally Engrave Your Oscar
H2 “It Has Nothing To Do With Empowerment”: “Euphoria” Star Chloe Cherry Just Called Out Cassie’s OnlyFans Storyline — And People Are Remembering Her Adult Movie Past
H2 After Noticing That Barbara Palvin Looked “Uncomfortable,” People Are Praising The Way That Dylan Sprouse Responded To A Question About Their Traumatic Home Invasion
H2 Lucy Liu’s Crotch-Baring Sheer Dress, Plus More Wild Fashion Looks From The Premiere Of “The Devil Wears Prada 2”
H2 I Bet You Think You Know Zendaya, But This Trivia Quiz Will Prove If You're Actually A True Fan
H2 14 Celebrities Who Canceled Their Weddings At, Like, The Verrrrrry Last Minute
H2 How Cool Are You Based On How Many Dwayne Johnson Movies You Have Seen?
H2 After Rumors That Christina Applegate Has Been Hospitalized For Almost A Month, The Actor Broke Her Silence
H2 Here's What Prosecutors Allege Happened Between Singer D4vd And Murder Victim Celeste
H2 Elle Fanning Got Real About Filming Nude Scenes In "Margo's Got Money Troubles" And What It Was Like
H2 Noah Lyles Was Slammed For “Critiquing” His Wife’s Wedding Dress In Their “Bizarre” “First Look” Video — And Now She’s Spoken Out
H2 Pete Davidson Showed Off His Almost-Bare Arms After Spending Six Years Removing Hundreds Of Tattoos, And People Are...Disoriented
H2 “THIS Is What He Looks Like Now?”: Adam Levine’s Latest Red Carpet Appearance Has Fans Doing A Double Take
H2 I Highly Doubt You Can Finish These Increasingly Tough Movie Chains Unless You're Basically A Walking IMDb
H2 “I Was Just A Kid”: Here’s A Detailed Breakdown Of The Justin Bieber, Usher, And Justin Timberlake Lore After JB’s Seemingly Shady Dig At Coachella
H2 If You Lived Through The '00s, These 23 Trivia Questions Should Be A Total Breeze For Your Superior Brain
H2 Ryan Reynolds Hyped Up Blake Lively's "Integrity" Amid Her Case Against Justin Baldoni, And The Comments Are...A Lot...
H2 The Latest Episode Of “Euphoria” Is Even More NSFW Than Last Week’s — Here’s A Full Recap Of The Most Shocking Moments
H2 People Can Barely Recognize Khloé Kardashian On A Viral New Billboard, And Her “Aggressive Tan” Is Raising Eyebrows
H2 Here’s The Clever Way That “Euphoria” Incorporated Eric Dane’s ALS Diagnosis Into His Season 3 Storyline
H2 "Once The Filming Ended, I Was Put On A Plane To Rehab": 50 Gen X Celebrity Facts That Made Me Pause Mid-Scroll
H2 9 Cringeworthy Things That Happened During Coachella This Year
H2 From Taylor Swift To Rainn Wilson — 17 Celebs Who Are Nothing Like Their Public Image, According To People Who've Interacted With Them
H2 Pick A Song Per Taylor Swift Album And We'll Guess Your Favorite Ice Cream Flavor
H2 19 Famous People Who Were Treated So Unfairly By The Media, The Embers Are Still Smoldering To This Day
H2 Coachella Weekend 2 Fashion Was Pretty Meh — But Here's What Celebs Wore Anyway
H2 "He's So F*cking Hot": Dylan Sprouse Is Going Viral For His Response To A Trespasser At His Home
H2 15 Times Celebrities Went Fully Naked (Or At Least 99.99%) On The Red Carpet
H2 "It's Insane When You Think About It": Charlize Theron Revealed What Happened When Her Mother Fatally Shot Her Father
H2 Nicole Kidman Revealed The Heartbreaking Moment She Found Out About Her Mother's Death
H2 Here's What Charlize Theron Said About Timothée Chalamet's Comments On Opera And Ballet — It's Pretty Brutal
H2 18 Famous People Who Went From Filthy Rich To Flat Broke, And The Shocking Ways They Lost Everything
H2 Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
H3 Manage Consent Preferences
H4 Strictly Necessary Cookies
H4 Sale or Share of Personal Data
H5 Targeting Cookies
H5 Social Media Cookies
H3 Cookie List

Alt Text Quality

All 88 images OK

PASS

All 88 images OK

14 image(s) with alt text over 125 characters

5 decorative image(s) correctly marked

69 image(s) with good alt text

88 images 69 good alt text 5 decorative

Issue	Count
too long	14 image(s)

A+

Form Accessibility

All 6 controls labeled

PASS

All 6 controls labeled

6 control(s) properly labeled

6 controls

6 labeled

0 placeholder only

0 unlabeled

Control	Type	Label	Method
#ot-group-id-SPD_BG	checkbox	Sale or Share of Personal Data	for/id
#vendor-search-handler	text	Cookie list search	aria-label
#chkbox-id	checkbox	checkbox label	for/id
#select-all-hosts-groups-handler	checkbox	checkbox label	for/id
#select-all-vendor-groups-handler	checkbox	checkbox label	for/id
#select-all-vendor-leg-handler	checkbox	checkbox label	for/id

A+

Lighthouse Accessibility Audits

Score 95/100 — 2 failing, 28 passed

PASS

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.

Best practices

Users do not expect a page to refresh automatically, and doing so will move focus back to the top of the page. This may create a frustrating or confusing experience. Learn more about the refresh meta tag.

Why this matters

Informational: a Permissions-Policy directive showing feature -> allowed origins.

Source: MDN Permissions-Policy

Failing Elements
head > meta `head > meta`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Privacy Policy. `div#onetrust-group-container > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text > a.ot-cookie-policy-link`

○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 are distinguishable without relying on color.

●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

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

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[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

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○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>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

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

○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.