Information only conveyed by CSS colors Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. This style only contains a color change.

Help

Ensure that each CSS style contains style properties other than color and background-color.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 1.4.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.4.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.4.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 1.4.1 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.31 Nov 2018 Removed due to false positives.
• 5.28 Dec 2017 Fixed false negative. Changed rule ID from AccWcag1-2.1.1 to AccCssStyleOnlyColor.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Now triggers WCAG2 issue.
• 2.0 Dec 2007 Now triggers Section 508 issue.
• 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccCssStyleOnlyColor