Colour and contrast
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WCAG 1.4.1 Use of Color Level A
Who this affects
Links are separated from text by colour alone.
How to fix it
Add an underline or another visual cue that does not rely on colour.
How much work is it?
Usually a template or design change. That is a rough guide for planning, not an estimate for your codebase. A single content edit repeated across a template is a template change.
What a person still has to check
Passing this rule does not mean 1.4.1 passes. Automation checks part of the criterion, and the rest is a judgement:
Look for meaning carried by colour alone, such as required fields shown only in red.
Read 1.4.1 Use of Color in plain language
Where this check comes from
This is our own check, not an axe rule. We added it because the failure it catches is common and nothing else was catching it.
Find out whether your site does this
A scan checks this rule on every page it visits, and shows you the code and a screenshot of each place it fires.