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Bug 722367 - Accessibility: Contrast and colour
Accessibility: Contrast and colour
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: website
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: help.gnome.org
current
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Web maintainers
GNOME Web maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-01-16 19:26 UTC by Magdalen Berns (irc magpie)
Modified: 2014-01-27 10:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Magdalen Berns (irc magpie) 2014-01-16 19:26:22 UTC
https://help.gnome.org/admin/

link contrast seems like it could be problematic for low vision and those with trouble viewing colour. I have uploaded a reverse video screenshot to help visualise the way this limits a users ability to correct that with their own browser plugins alone. 

It would be handy to increase the contrast of links at the source to simplify contrast control. 

Please note also that whilst high contrast is important for low vision users conversely certain strong colours like orange and red could also trigger migraine and even trigger fits for other users when taking contrast into consideration. 

As a migraine sufferer myself, I can confirm that a font colour like #EF8E4F; would be a barrier to reading the text itself for me, but not a trigger to look at. However, certain types of red are almost guaranteed to trigger a migraine on sight so this is also something to consider as well.
Comment 1 Magdalen Berns (irc magpie) 2014-01-16 19:33:12 UTC
Sorry upload was not allowed so here are links

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14041802/reverse.png

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14041802/reversehelp.png
Comment 2 Frederic Peters 2014-01-27 10:00:05 UTC
commit 24bb330db4dcc4de08a6c639f9fbdb47e5decf26
Author: Frédéric Péters <fpeters@0d.be>
Date:   Mon Jan 27 09:55:19 2014 +0000

    style: override theme colour to avoid orange in the table of contents
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722367