Contrast Concerns

  • Resolved mrwweb

    (@mrwweb)


    9 years ago

    I’m using this theme on a site that needs to support people with varying levels of vision. I’ve noticed that both the link color (#83c2bc) and meta color (#a8a8a8) have very low contrast that needs to be bumped quite a big before it meets WCAG level AA standards.

    I don’t know if it’s too late to change something like this, but I’d really encourage you to at least darken the link color as that’s a very important color for usability.

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  • Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    Hi Mark, we appreciate the feedback on colour contrast. Since this theme’s been out for a while both on WordPress.com and here, we wouldn’t be able to change those default colours at this stage, but as I’m sure you know (you seem fairly technical ?? ) you can easily make those tweaks in a custom CSS plugin or via a child theme.

    Thread Starter mrwweb

    (@mrwweb)

    I figured as much. Well, if there’s a way to encourage future Automattic theme designers to consider accessibility (particularly contrast) earlier in the process, that would be great. In the mean time, that child theme is already days old ??

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