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Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
67
GRADE
D
FIX
4
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Checks
13
6 PASS 3 REVIEW 4 FIX
F
404 Error Page
Action
HTTP 418, bare page
FIX
HTTP 418, bare page
Warning::
Unexpected status code: HTTP 418
Expected HTTP 404 but received 418. This may confuse search engine crawlers.
Got: HTTP 418
Warning::
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 418 ✗Page Title Unauthorised Access ✓Custom Styling ✗Navigation ✗Homepage Link ✗Search Form ✗
F
Favicon & Branding
Action
1 icon(s) detected
FIX
1 icon(s) detected
Info::
favicon.ico present at site root
Info::
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
D
Web Manifest
Action
Not found
FIX
Not found
Info::
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.

D
Dark Mode Support
Action
No dark mode signals
FIX
No dark mode signals
Info::
No dark mode signals detected
Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
Info::
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.

C
Navigation UX
Action
3 navigation pattern(s)
REVIEW
3 navigation pattern(s)
Info::
Search functionality detected
Got: role-search
Info::
Skip navigation link detected
Info::
Back-to-top link detected
Info::
1 navigation landmark(s) detected
Breadcrumbs
Search role='search' landmark
Skip Link Skip link detected
Labeled Navigation 1 <nav> element(s)
Back to Top
Hamburger Menu
Sticky Navigation Cannot reliably detect (CSS-based)
4 of 6 testable patterns navigation patterns detected. Strong navigation UX with multiple discovery paths.
C
Lighthouse Accessibility Audits
Action
Score 76/100 — 6 failing, 19 passed
REVIEW
76

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.

ARIA

ARIA dialog elements without accessible names may prevent screen readers users from discerning the purpose of these elements. Learn how to make ARIA dialog elements more accessible.

Why this matters

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

Source: MDN Permissions-Policy

Failing Elements
भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक की आधिकारिक वेबसाइट में आपका स्वागत है Welcome to official website of Reserve B… form#ctl00 > div.col-sm-12 > div.container > div#myModal11

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Names and labels

When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn how to make buttons more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.col-sm-4 > div.input-group > span.input-group-btn > button.btn div.col-sm-4 > div.input-group > span.input-group-btn > button.btn

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
div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.rss div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.rss
div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo
div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo
div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo
div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo
div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo div.content > ul.list-inline > li > a.vimeo

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.

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
Updated div.col-sm-12 > ul.nav > li#litoday > a#sectionstoday
Citizen's Corner div.col-sm-12 > ul.nav > li > a#A1
RBI div#whats_new > p > a > span

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Internationalization and localization

If a page doesn't specify a `lang` attribute, a screen reader assumes that the page is in the default language that the user chose when setting up the screen reader. If the page isn't actually in the default language, then the screen reader might not announce the page's text correctly. Learn more about the `lang` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html.no-applicationcache html.no-applicationcache

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Apply Dark Theme div.col-sm-12 > ul.pull-right > li.black > a#UsrFontCntr_LinkBtnAccessibilty
SELECTED div.col-sm-12 > ul.pull-right > li.white > a#UsrFontCntr_LinkBtnUndoAccessibilty
Apply Gray Theme div.col-sm-12 > ul.pull-right > li.white > a#UsrFontCntr_LinkBtnGreyScale
Increase Font Size div.col-sm-12 > ul.pull-right > li.fonts > a#UsrFontCntr_LinkBtnSpace
Increase Font Size div.col-sm-12 > ul.pull-right > li.fonts > a#UsrFontCntr_LinkBtnFontIncrease

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○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
●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.
●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
●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
●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
○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
○`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
○`<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.
○Skip links are focusable.
○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>`.
○All heading elements contain content.
○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
○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.
A+
Landmark Structure
5 landmarks
PASS
5 landmarks
Info::
<main> landmark present
Info::
1 <nav> landmark(s) found
Info::
Skip navigation link present
Info::
Search landmark present
Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it
BANNER header NAV "Main" SEARCH MAIN CONTENTINFO footer
A+
Heading Hierarchy
35 headings
PASS
35 headings
Info::
Single H1 present
  • H1 Home-Reserve Bank of India
  • H2 PREAMBLE
  • H2 1. Current Rates
  • H3 Policy  Rates
  • H3 Reserve  Ratios
  • H3 Exchange  Rates
  • H3 Lending / Deposit  Rates
  • H3 Market  Trends
  • H3 Money Market
  • H3 Government Securities Market
  • H3 Capital Market
  • H2 2.Connect 2 Regulate
  • H2 3. RBI Regulated Entities
  • H2 Functionwise Sites
  • H3 Monetary Policy
  • H3 Banker to Governments and Banks
  • H3 Currency Management
  • H3 Consumer Education and Protection
  • H3 Debt Management
  • H3 Enforcement
  • H3 External Investments and Operations
  • H3 Financial Inclusion and Development
  • H3 Financial Markets
  • H3 Financial Stability Analysis
  • H3 FinTech
  • H3 Foreign Exchange Management
  • H3 International Relations
  • H3 Payment and Settlement Systems
  • H3 Regulation
  • H3 Supervision
  • H3 Research
  • H2 More Links
  • H2 Follow RBI
  • H2 भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक की आधिकारिक वेबसाइट में आपका स्वागत है
  • H2 Welcome to official website of Reserve Bank of India
A+
Alt Text Quality
All 40 images OK
PASS
All 40 images OK
Info::
13 decorative image(s) correctly marked
Info::
27 image(s) with good alt text
40 images 27 good alt text 13 decorative
All images have appropriate alt text.
A+
Form Accessibility
All 2 controls labeled
PASS
All 2 controls labeled
Info::
2 control(s) properly labeled
2 controls
2 labeled
0 placeholder only
0 unlabeled
ControlTypeLabelMethod
#txtSearch1textSearch the Websitearia-label
#CheckBox1checkboxमेरा चयनित विकल्प याद रखें / Remember my choicefor/id
A+
Print Stylesheet
Print styles detected
PASS
Print styles detected
Info::
External print stylesheet detected
Got: includes/print.css
Print Stylesheet ✓ Print Optimized
Print stylesheet includes/print.css ✓Inline @media print Not detected ✗
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
h1 Home-Reserve Bank of…17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 PREAMBLE17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 Rates17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 2 Regulate17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 Regulated Entities17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 Sites17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 Links17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 RBI17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 भारतीय …5.34:13.0:1
#205DB1
#E8E8FF
Pass
h2 Welcome to official …5.34:13.0:1
#205DB1
#E8E8FF
Pass
h3 Money Market17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h3 Government Securitie…17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
h3 Capital Market17.42:13.0:1
#000000
#E8E8FF
Pass
title Home - Reserve Bank …20.29:14.5:1
#000000
#FBFBFB
Pass
a Skip to main content21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
span Selected14.37:14.5:1
#000000
#EFD1AA
Pass
span Selected14.37:14.5:1
#000000
#EFD1AA
Pass
label Language14.37:14.5:1
#000000
#EFD1AA
Pass
a हिंदी9.62:14.5:1
#122C4D
#EFD1AA
Pass
a Home14.37:14.5:1
#000000
#EFD1AA
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.

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

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