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Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
45
GRADE
F
FIX
8
REVIEW
5
PASS
0
INFO
0
Checks
13
5 REVIEW 8 FIX
D
Landmark Structure
Action
1 landmarks
FIX
1 landmarks
Critical::
No <main> landmark found
Screen reader users cannot quickly navigate to the primary content. Wrap your main content in <main>.
Warning::
No <nav> landmark found
Info::
No banner (header) landmark
Warning::
Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1)
Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.
Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it
BANNER (missing!) MAIN (missing!) CONTENTINFO footer

Screen reader users cannot quickly navigate to the primary content. Wrap your main content in <main>.

Why this matters

Without a <main> landmark, screen-reader users can't skip past the navigation to the page content — every page starts with re-reading the menu.

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The <main> element marks the page's primary content area. Assistive tech offers a 'jump to main' shortcut — but only if <main> exists. Without it, every page navigation forces re-reading the header. Wrap your primary content in a single <main>.

Source: WAI-ARIA / WCAG 2.4.1

Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

Why this matters

Without a skip-nav link, keyboard users tab through every nav item before reaching content — every page, every visit.

Learn more ▾

WCAG 2.4.1 (Bypass Blocks) requires a mechanism to skip past repeated content. The standard implementation is a 'Skip to main content' link that's the first focusable element, visually hidden until focused. Three lines of HTML + four of CSS.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 2.4.1

F
404 Error Page
Action
HTTP 404, bare page
FIX
HTTP 404, bare page
Info::
Correct 404 status code returned
Got: HTTP 404
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 404 ✓Custom Styling ✗Navigation ✗Homepage Link ✗Search Form ✗
F
Favicon & Branding
Action
2 icon(s) detected
FIX
2 icon(s) detected
Info::
favicon.ico present at site root
Info::
HTML icon links detected
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 Present
✗ 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
Theme color only
FIX
Theme color only
Info::
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: #000000
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 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.

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
No navigation patterns
FIX
No navigation patterns
Info::
No breadcrumbs, search, or skip link detected
These navigation aids help users orient themselves and find content efficiently, especially on large sites.
Breadcrumbs
Search
Skip Link
Labeled Navigation
Back to Top
Hamburger Menu
Sticky Navigation Cannot reliably detect (CSS-based)
0 of 6 testable patterns navigation patterns detected. Limited navigation support. Consider adding breadcrumbs, search, and skip link.
D
Lighthouse Accessibility Audits
Action
Score 55/100 — 8 failing, 8 passed
FIX
55

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.

Navigation

Properly ordered headings that do not skip levels convey the semantic structure of the page, making it easier to navigate and understand when using assistive technologies. Learn more about heading order.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
FROM OUR ADVERTISERS section#primary > div.wide-column > div.css-1b9vs98 > h3

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

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 html

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

Names and labels

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div#primary-third > a > div#tipbox-div > img#tipbox div#primary-third > a > div#tipbox-div > img#tipbox

Labels ensure that form controls are announced properly by assistive technologies, like screen readers. Learn more about form element labels.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.css-aaaab9 > div.sidebar-menu > form#cse-search-box > input.sidebar-search-box div.css-aaaab9 > div.sidebar-menu > form#cse-search-box > input.sidebar-search-box

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.css-qbkajn > div.css-aaaab9 > div.sticky-navbar > a.thc-link div.css-qbkajn > div.css-aaaab9 > div.sticky-navbar > a.thc-link
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-undefined > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a div.css-1w04wz2 > div.img-top > div.image-container > a
footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a
footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a
footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a
footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a footer.css-138id2w > div.social-icons > div.icon-container > a

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.

Tables and lists

Screen readers require list items (`<li>`) to be contained within a parent `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` to be announced properly. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
The Harvard Crimson footer.css-138id2w > div.top-bar > div.container > li
The University Daily, Est. 1873 footer.css-138id2w > div.top-bar > div.container > li.established

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

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
EDITORIALS div.img-top > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
COLUMNS div.img-top > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
COLUMNS div.img-top > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
OP EDS div.img-top > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
OP EDS div.img-top > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
SCRUTINY div.img-undefined > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
AROUND TOWN div.img-undefined > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a
INQUIRY div.img-undefined > div.preview-content > div.subsection > a

One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html html

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-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
●`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
●Document has a `<title>` element
●`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
○`[accesskey]` values are unique
○`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
○ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
○Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
○`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
○ARIA input fields have accessible names
○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
○Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
○`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
○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
○`[role]` values are valid
○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
○`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
○`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
○Buttons have an accessible name
○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 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.
○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.
○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.
B
Heading Hierarchy
73 headings, 1 skip(s)
REVIEW
73 headings, 1 skip(s)
Warning::
Multiple H1 headings (72 found)
A page should have only one H1. Multiple H1s dilute the document outline.
Warning::
Heading level skipped: H1 → H3 (missing H2)
Skipping heading levels breaks the document outline. Screen readers may interpret missing levels as structural errors.
  • H1 Live: Harvard’s Graduate Workers Strike as Negotiations Stall
  • H1 HMS Students and Faculty Self-Censor on Controversial Issues, Working Group Finds duplicate H1
  • H1 IOP Rejects Vice Presidential Expansion, Split-Ticket Proposal in Constitutional Vote duplicate H1
  • H1 Former City Councilor Paul Toner Accepts Deal to Avoid Trial in Brothel Case duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Kennedy School Floats Visiting Faculty Program in Donor Talks on Viewpoint Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Kennedy School Plans Tech-Focused Shift in Preliminary 10-Year Plan duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Kennedy School Floats Visiting Faculty Program in Donor Talks on Viewpoint Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Kennedy School Plans Tech-Focused Shift in Preliminary 10-Year Plan duplicate H1
  • H1 Former City Councilor Paul Toner Accepts Deal to Avoid Trial in Brothel Case duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Can’t Hire Its Way Into Viewpoint Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 2 Many Leaders, No Leadership duplicate H1
  • H1 Why Is Garber Talking Behind Harvard’s Back? duplicate H1
  • H1 Why We Strike duplicate H1
  • H1 The Academic Case for Intellectual Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 Billie Jean King Accepts Gleitsman Award, Urges Students to Continue Fight for Equity duplicate H1
  • H1 Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer Says Public Schools Are Essential to Democracy at HGSE Forum duplicate H1
  • H1 How the Trump Administration’s Pressures on Higher Education Are Shaping Union Negotiations duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done’: Harvard Students Race in 130th Boston Marathon duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Law School to Pause LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic Next Year After Instructor Departures duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Grad Student Union Set to Strike Tuesday as Last Bargaining Session Yields Little Movement duplicate H1
  • H1 Billie Jean King Accepts Gleitsman Award, Urges Students to Continue Fight for Equity duplicate H1
  • H1 Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer Says Public Schools Are Essential to Democracy at HGSE Forum duplicate H1
  • H1 How the Trump Administration’s Pressures on Higher Education Are Shaping Union Negotiations duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done’: Harvard Students Race in 130th Boston Marathon duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Law School to Pause LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic Next Year After Instructor Departures duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Grad Student Union Set to Strike Tuesday as Last Bargaining Session Yields Little Movement duplicate H1
  • H1 Democratic Socialists and The City on a Hill duplicate H1
  • H1 No Cover, No Minimum duplicate H1
  • H1 We’re All Chinamaxxing duplicate H1
  • H1 The Universal(ly Replicable) Mind of Bill Evans duplicate H1
  • H1 Out of the Ranks, And Into the Classroom duplicate H1
  • H1 Inside Out duplicate H1
  • H1 Former City Councilor Paul Toner Accepts Deal to Avoid Trial in Brothel Case duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Kennedy School Floats Visiting Faculty Program in Donor Talks on Viewpoint Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Kennedy School Plans Tech-Focused Shift in Preliminary 10-Year Plan duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Can’t Hire Its Way Into Viewpoint Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 2 Many Leaders, No Leadership duplicate H1
  • H1 Why Is Garber Talking Behind Harvard’s Back? duplicate H1
  • H1 Why We Strike duplicate H1
  • H1 The Academic Case for Intellectual Diversity duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘drop dead’ Single Review: 2026’s Song of the Summer duplicate H1
  • H1 Artist Profile: Bernardo de Moura Sequeira ’26 on Generating Ideas, Taking Risks, and Doing it All duplicate H1
  • H1 Artist Profile: ‘Puerto Ricans — We Don't Crack, Baby.’ Will Ramos of Lorna Shore on Creative Integrity, Heritage, and Screaming duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Review: Happy to Be Held Captive duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Women’s Golf Finishes Sixth at Buckeye Invitational duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Men’s Lightweight Crew Keeps Winning, Sweeps MIT and Navy duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Men’s Heavyweight Crew Splits Races with Princeton, Loses Compton Cup duplicate H1
  • H1 No. 47 Harvard Falls to No. 22 Columbia and No. 29 Cornell duplicate H1
  • H3 From Our Advertisers skipped
  • H1 How To: Be a Social Butterfly at Visitas duplicate H1
  • H1 Valid Reasons to Skip Class duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘drop dead’ Single Review: 2026’s Song of the Summer duplicate H1
  • H1 Artist Profile: Bernardo de Moura Sequeira ’26 on Generating Ideas, Taking Risks, and Doing it All duplicate H1
  • H1 Artist Profile: ‘Puerto Ricans — We Don't Crack, Baby.’ Will Ramos of Lorna Shore on Creative Integrity, Heritage, and Screaming duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Review: Happy to Be Held Captive duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Women’s Golf Finishes Sixth at Buckeye Invitational duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Men’s Lightweight Crew Keeps Winning, Sweeps MIT and Navy duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Men’s Heavyweight Crew Splits Races with Princeton, Loses Compton Cup duplicate H1
  • H1 No. 47 Harvard Falls to No. 22 Columbia and No. 29 Cornell duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘drop dead’ Single Review: 2026’s Song of the Summer duplicate H1
  • H1 Artist Profile: Bernardo de Moura Sequeira ’26 on Generating Ideas, Taking Risks, and Doing it All duplicate H1
  • H1 Artist Profile: ‘Puerto Ricans — We Don't Crack, Baby.’ Will Ramos of Lorna Shore on Creative Integrity, Heritage, and Screaming duplicate H1
  • H1 ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Review: Happy to Be Held Captive duplicate H1
  • H1 How To: Be a Social Butterfly at Visitas duplicate H1
  • H1 Valid Reasons to Skip Class duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Women’s Golf Finishes Sixth at Buckeye Invitational duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Men’s Lightweight Crew Keeps Winning, Sweeps MIT and Navy duplicate H1
  • H1 Harvard Men’s Heavyweight Crew Splits Races with Princeton, Loses Compton Cup duplicate H1
  • H1 No. 47 Harvard Falls to No. 22 Columbia and No. 29 Cornell duplicate H1
  • H1 Sections duplicate H1
  • H1 About duplicate H1
  • H1 Resources duplicate H1
  • H1 Contact Us duplicate H1

A page should have only one H1. Multiple H1s dilute the document outline.

Why this matters

Multiple H1s blur the page's primary topic — screen-reader users and Google both prefer one H1.

Learn more ▾

HTML5's outline algorithm technically allows multiple H1s within sectioning content, but no browser implements it. In practice: one H1 per page. Use H2-H6 for subsections.

Source: WCAG 2.4.6 / Google Search Central

Skipping heading levels breaks the document outline. Screen readers may interpret missing levels as structural errors.

Why this matters

Skipping heading levels breaks the document outline — screen-reader users lose track of section nesting.

Learn more ▾

Screen reader users navigate by jumping between headings (H1 → H2 → H3). Skipping (H1 → H3) breaks the sense of hierarchy. Use sequential levels even if you don't like the default styling — restyle with CSS instead. WCAG 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships) treats this as an A failure.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 1.3.1 / W3C WAI

B
Alt Text Quality
1 of 31 images have issues
REVIEW
1 of 31 images have issues
Critical::
1 image(s) missing alt attribute
Images without alt text are invisible to screen readers.
Critical::
1 image-in-link without alt text
An image inside a link with no alt creates an empty link.
Info::
22 decorative image(s) correctly marked
Info::
8 image(s) with good alt text
31 images 8 good alt text 22 decorative 1 missing
IssueCount
missing1 image(s)

Images without alt text are invisible to screen readers.

Why this matters

Each image without alt text is a WCAG 1.1.1 failure — invisible to screen-reader users, lost from Google Image Search.

Learn more ▾

WCAG 2.1 Level A requires text alternatives for non-decorative images. Empty alt='' is fine for decorative; meaningful images need descriptive text. Common fixes: CMS audit + bulk add, build-time linter (alt-text-required ESLint rule), CI gate on Lighthouse a11y score.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 1.1.1 / WebAIM Million Report

An image inside a link with no alt creates an empty link.

Why this matters

Image-only links with no alt create empty links — screen-reader users hear 'link' with no destination context.

Learn more ▾

An <a><img></a> with no img alt is the worst-case for accessibility: AT announces the link but can't describe where it goes. Either add alt to the image OR add aria-label to the link.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 2.4.4

C
Form Accessibility
Action
4 of 4 controls have issues
REVIEW
4 of 4 controls have issues
Critical::
4 control(s) without accessible label
Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.
Got: <input type="text" name="q">; <input type="image">; <input type="text" name="q">; <input type="image">
4 controls
0 labeled
0 placeholder only
4 unlabeled
ControlTypeLabelMethod
qtext(none)none
inputimage(none)none
qtext(none)none
inputimage(none)none

Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.

<input type="text" name="q">; <input type="image">; <input type="text" name="q">; <input type="image">

Why this matters

Form controls without labels — assistive tech announces 'edit text' with no context; users can't complete forms.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 3.3.2

C
Color Contrast (Screenshot)
Action
20 text elements analyzed, 1 fail WCAG AA
REVIEW

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

19 pass 1 fail WCAG AA 1 pass AA only
title The Harvard Crimson
2.65:1
#000000
on
#A50A0E
needs 4.5:1 (normal text)
16px · top of page (header area)
Show all checked elements (20)
ElementRatioRequiredFGBGResult
h1 Sections21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h1 About21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h1 Resources21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h1 Contact Us21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h3 From Our Advertisers21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
title The Harvard Crimson2.65:14.5:1
#000000
#A50A0E
Fail
div Advertisement5.85:14.5:1
#000000
#C96C6E
Pass
a News21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Opinion21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Arts21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Blog21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Magazine21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Metro21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Multimedia21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Sports21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Newsletter21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Print Delivery21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Editor's Pick21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Tips21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Donate21.00:14.5:1
#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.

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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