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Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
72
GRADE
C
FIX
3
REVIEW
4
PASS
6
INFO
0
Checks
13
6 PASS 4 REVIEW 3 FIX
D
Print Stylesheet
Action
No print styles
FIX
No print styles
Info::
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 ✗
F
Navigation UX
Action
1 navigation pattern(s)
FIX
1 navigation pattern(s)
Info::
Skip navigation link detected
Info::
1 navigation landmark(s) detected
Breadcrumbs
Search
Skip Link Skip link detected
Labeled Navigation 1 <nav> element(s)
Back to Top
Hamburger Menu
Sticky Navigation Cannot reliably detect (CSS-based)
2 of 6 testable patterns navigation patterns detected. Limited navigation support. Consider adding breadcrumbs, search, and skip link.
B
Form Accessibility
2 of 2 controls have issues
REVIEW
2 of 2 controls have issues
Warning::
2 control(s) rely on placeholder only
Placeholder text disappears on focus and is not a reliable label.
Got: <input type="email" name="EMAIL">; <input type="text" name="s">
2 controls
0 labeled
2 placeholder only
0 unlabeled
ControlTypeLabelMethod
EMAILemail(Enter email here)placeholder only
stext(SEARCH)placeholder only

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

<input type="email" name="EMAIL">; <input type="text" name="s">

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

B
404 Error Page
HTTP 404, custom page
REVIEW
HTTP 404, custom page
Info::
Correct 404 status code returned
Got: HTTP 404
Info::
Custom styled 404 page
Info::
Navigation links present on 404 page
Info::
Homepage link present on 404 page
404 Page Quality ✓ Custom 404 Page
Status Code HTTP 404 ✓Page Title Page not found - Kotaku ✓Custom Styling ✓Navigation ✓Homepage Link ✓Search Form ✗
B
Web Manifest
Valid manifest
REVIEW
Valid manifest
Info::
Name present: Kotaku
Info::
192x192 icon present
Info::
512x512 icon present
Info::
Display mode: standalone
PWA Install Criteria Not Installable
Name Kotaku ✓192×192 icon ✓512×512 icon ✓Start URL ✗Display Mode standalone ✓
Name Kotaku Display Mode standalone Theme Color #000000 Background Color #fbc000 Icons 2 icon(s)
B
Dark Mode Support
Dark mode detected
REVIEW
Dark mode detected
Info::
Dark-specific theme-color detected
A theme-color with media='(prefers-color-scheme: dark)' adapts the browser toolbar for dark mode.
Info::
prefers-color-scheme CSS detected in inline styles
Info::
Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles
External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.
Dark Mode✓ Dark Mode Supported
color-scheme meta Not set ✗Dark theme-color #ffffff ✓CSS indicators Detected ✓

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles.

A+
Landmark Structure
4 landmarks
PASS
4 landmarks
Info::
<main> landmark present
Info::
1 <nav> landmark(s) found
Info::
No banner (header) landmark
Info::
Skip navigation link present
Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it
BANNER (missing!) NAV MAIN ASIDE CONTENTINFO footer
A+
Heading Hierarchy
74 headings
PASS
74 headings
Info::
Single H1 present
  • H1 Kotaku
  • H2 I Need Everyone To Start Being Normal About Pragmata
  • H2 Latest
  • H3 A ‘Game Show’ That’s Basically Dropout For Word Nerds Is The Funniest Thing I’ve Watched In Years
  • H3 The Most Inescapable Voice In Gaming Wants To Start His Own Studio
  • H3 12 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Vampire Crawlers
  • H3 Star Wars Accidentally Made It Onto Magic: The Gathering Cards As Misprints Ramp Up
  • H3 Marathon Goes On Sale For The First Time As Fans Debate Free-To-Play Nuclear Option
  • H3 This Surrealist City Builder Is A Must For Those Seeking Stress-Free Chill Times
  • H3 I Can’t Draw, So I Love Low-Effort Tomodachi Life Custom Creations, Like This Single Pea On A Plate
  • H3 Xbox Game Pass Ditches Day-One Call Of Duty To Lower The Price
  • H3 The Most Inescapable Voice In Gaming Wants To Start His Own Studio
  • H3 Marathon Goes On Sale For The First Time As Fans Debate Free-To-Play Nuclear Option
  • H3 Xbox Game Pass Ditches Day-One Call Of Duty To Lower The Price
  • H3 Red Lobster’s Infamous Endless Shrimp Return And Staff Aren’t Happy About It
  • H2 Tips & Guides
  • H3 15 Tips To Know Before Starting Windrose, That New Pirate Game On Steam Everyone Is Playing
  • H3 How To Stop Playing Tomodachi Life The Wrong Way And Just Enjoy It
  • H3 Players Are Reporting A Surprise Fire Sale on Switch 2 Games At Costco
  • H3 Crimson Desert, One Month Later
  • H2 Top Games
  • H3 Pragmata
  • H3 Resident Evil Requiem
  • H3 Crimson Desert
  • H3 Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • H2 Entertainment
  • H3 Netflix Confirms Sidney Sweeney Will Lead Live-Action Gundam Movie And I Could Not Be More Skeptical
  • H3 New Minions Movie Retconning The Lore That Kept The Bastards Out Of WW1 And WW2
  • H3 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Storyboard Suggests Film Almost Had Cameos From Wart, Mouser, And…Rawk Hawk?
  • H3 Oscar Isaac Tried Really Hard To Make Star Wars Episode 9 Palpatine Line Not Sound Dumb
  • H2 Deals
  • H3 Anker USB-C Hub With Ethernet and HDMI Ports Is Back to Black Friday Pricing One Last Time on Amazon
  • H3 Looking for a Budget Shokz Alternative? Anker Soundcore Sport X20 Earbuds Go on Clearance at All-Time Low
  • H3 Garmin Forerunner 165 Sees Another Price Drop to Record Low, Now a More Affordable AMOLED Running Smartwatch
  • H3 Samsung 27″ Odyssey G5 Gaming Monitor Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Clearance Push
  • H3 Amazon Makes Yard Work Cheaper by Dropping EGO POWER+ String Trimmer to Its Lowest Price This Year, With Battery and Charger Included
  • H3 Skip Microsoft’s Price Hike With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Now at $25 per Month for Up to 9 Months via StackSocial
  • H3 Anker Nano Docking Station With Detachable Hub Hits an All-Time Low at Nearly 30% Off, One Device Replaces Your Hub and Dock
  • H3 Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ Drops Back to Its Lowest Price Yet, Now an Android Tablet Without the Premium Price Tag
  • H3 WD_Black 1TB NVMe SSD Powered by SanDisk Now Nearly 50% Off on Amazon, High-Speed Storage for Less
  • H3 Anker Clears Out Soundcore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker for Under $30 After 10K+ Units Sold on Amazon
  • H3 ASUS TUF Gaming Monitor Is Back to Its Black Friday Pricing in Amazon’s Clearance Push
  • H3 Geekom’s 2026 Ryzen 9 Mini PC Hits All-Time Low at 33% Off, a Smarter and Cheaper Alternative to CPU and GPU Builds
  • H2 Reviews
  • H3 Mouse: PI For Hire: The Kotaku Review
  • H3 Dosa Divas: The Kotaku Review
  • H3 Pragmata: The Kotaku Review
  • H3 Samson Is A Clunky, Broken Mess That GTA IV Lovers Might Still Want To Check Out
  • H2 Retro
  • H3 YouTuber Reconstructs Nintendo’s Notoriously Rare First Arcade Game
  • H3 Princess Peach Was The Best Character In Super Mario Bros. 2
  • H3 The Original Super Mario Bros. Is Still Hiding Secrets 40 Years Later
  • H3 Special Donkey Kong Country SNES Cart Shows Up On Antiques Roadshow To Make You Feel Old
  • H2 Kotaku Video
  • H3 Ring Psychology: Understanding The 6 Phases Of A Wrestling Match Through Heel Era John Cena
  • H3 Disney+ Pulls The Abyss Over Controversial Rat Scene — Again
  • H3 A Hot-Fix Is On The Way For MindsEye’s Frustrating CPR Mini-Game
  • H3 Ironheart‘s New Trailer Delivers A Couple Cool Surprises
  • H3 Black Ops 7, Invincible Vs & More — Here Are The 5 Games That Stole Microsoft’s Show
  • H2 PlayStation News
  • H3 PlayStation Veteran Shuhei Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him For Refusing To Do ‘Ridiculous Things’
  • H3 New PS5 Dashboard Update Leaks And Damn, Sony, That Looks Good
  • H2 Xbox News
  • H3 Forza Horizon 6′s Xbox Controller Is A Hideous Neon Mess And I Love It
  • H3 Metro 2039 Looks Stunning In First Gameplay, Launching Later This Year
  • H2 Nintendo News
  • H3 A Rare Early Version Of The NES Classic Punch-Out!! Has Been Unearthed
  • H3 Over 1,000 Mario Maker Levels Have Been Deleted, And It May Be Just One Person’s Fault
  • H2 PC News
  • H3 The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)
  • H3 What We Love And Miss About The Xbox 360
  • H2 Bloodborne Is The Worst PlayStation Exclusive To Adapt To Film
  • H2 New York Mayor Uses Mario Kart To Explain Politics: ‘We Need To Beat Bowser On The Rainbow Road’
  • H2 🕹️ Level up your inbox
A+
Alt Text Quality
All 45 images OK
PASS
All 45 images OK
Info::
14 decorative image(s) correctly marked
Info::
31 image(s) with good alt text
45 images 31 good alt text 14 decorative
All images have appropriate alt text.
A
Favicon & Branding
7 icon(s) detected
PASS
7 icon(s) detected
Info::
favicon.ico present at site root
Info::
HTML icon links detected
Info::
Apple touch icon present
Info::
SVG favicon detected — scales perfectly to any size
Info::
Multiple icon sizes detected
✓ favicon.ico Present
✓ PNG Icons Present
✓ Apple Touch Present
✓ SVG Favicon Present
✓ Manifest Icons Present
✓ Multiple Sizes Present
A+
Color Contrast (Screenshot)
20 text elements analyzed, 0 fail WCAG AA
PASS

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

20 pass
Show all checked elements (20)
ElementRatioRequiredFGBGResult
h2 I Need Everyone To S…16.06:13.0:1
#000000
#E1E1E1
Pass
h2 Latest16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Tips & Guides16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Top Games16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Entertainment16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Deals16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Reviews16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Retro16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Kotaku Video16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 PlayStation News16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Xbox News16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Nintendo News16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 PC News16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 Is The Worst PlaySta…16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 New York Mayor Uses16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 To Explain Politics:…16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h2 🕹️ Level up you…16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h3 A ‘Game Show’ Th…16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h3 The Most Inescapable…16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
Pass
h3 12 Things I Wish I K…16.21:13.0:1
#000000
#E2E2E2
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
Lighthouse Accessibility Audits
Score 93/100 — 2 failing, 28 passed
PASS
93

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.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
10:18 AM div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
9:38 AM div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
8:58 AM div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
8:18 AM div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
7:38 AM div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
6:58 AM div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
Apr 20 div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
Apr 20 div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
Apr 20 div.relative > a.flex > div.flex-none > span.py-3
Do not accept div > div.sd-cmp-ke5c5 > button.sd-cmp-7Ga7b > span.sd-cmp-j-Z5-
Kotaku div.sd-cmp-gpI1s > div.sd-cmp-tZcty > div.sd-cmp-kT8Te > span

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
ul.col-span-2 > li.py-8 > div.flex > a.flex-none ul.col-span-2 > li.py-8 > div.flex > a.flex-none

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

○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
●Form elements have associated labels
●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
●`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
●Document has a `<title>` element
●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
●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.
●`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
●Skip links are focusable.
●Document has a main landmark.
●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
●`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
●Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
○`[accesskey]` values are unique
○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` 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
○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
○`<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
○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.
○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.
○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
○All heading elements contain content.
○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
○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.
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