rogierpmd

Problem vanished out of the blue, after 3 days of the aforementioned error notifications in Google Search console. Did not touch one character on any webpage. Strange.

Thank you, Raqai!

To the devs/designers:
Accessibility is a fair argument. And I fully support increased awareness and consideration. But to force it by design and to refuse offering an config-friendly alternative, goes a bit too far, in my opinion.

Besides, there seems to be a two-way approach in the theme’s Customize panel. If you go to the settings for the Cover Template, there is a slider to set opacity. Instead of, again, forcing a contrast ratio threshold by design, users are free to adjust the opacity to their liking, with the friendly and just reminder: “Make sure that the contrast is high enough so that the text is readable.” Fair enough. Same should apply to the Primary Color setting.

Accessibility should not come at the cost of the ease-of-use of fundamental customization features. They should co-exist. Trust publishers to do the right thing.

Thanks James!

Excellent! Fixed.

Thank you for your quick response, Jarret.

I just did some more testing.

I am quite positive that the issue is connected to the theme’s cover template, that I use for these blog posts. When I switch back to the default template, the author section looks good on mobile.

Of course!

For example, take a look at https://gaininggoodwill.com/banks-are-out-of-touch-with-their-clients-so-now-these-cowboys-step-in/

I am also willing to provide mobile screenshots, if needed.