Link color does not meet WCAG AA contrast ratio in header [#2053145]

Comment	File	Size	Author
#7	drupal8.seven-theme.2053145-7.patch	610 bytes	mgifford

	Screen Shot 2013-07-29 at 12.07.43 PM.png	7.36 KB	dead_arm

Comment #1

echoz CreditAttribution: echoz commented 29 July 2013 at 20:27

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+Accessibility, +Seven

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Comment #2

mgifford

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CreditAttribution: mgifford commented 30 July 2013 at 17:37

So jumping from #0074bd to #00619d would fix this based on http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

Is that too much of a jump? Going to #0073bd doesn't seem to be enough against this background.

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Comment #3

echoz CreditAttribution: echoz commented 30 July 2013 at 20:08

One detail of #2022695: Content header style update is it omits the breadcrumbs, which would make this bug obsolete if no other links show up here.

In general, perhaps this should go back to checking anywhere links appear in Seven against non white backgrounds, because any link color change made should be checked throughout Seven.

We can also lighten backgrounds in combination with darkening link color.

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Comment #4

Bojhan CreditAttribution: Bojhan commented 25 September 2013 at 21:16

I am not sure if we should be placing the breadcrumbs here too.

So I am really worried about the disconnect from the UX activities and the a11y team, in Drupal 7 we had much more collaboration. If an issue is noticed with contrast, that requires the drastic step of changing our base Drupal Blue color we should be contacted and we should look at whether the style guide effort relieve us of this problem.

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Comment #5

dead_arm

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CreditAttribution: dead_arm commented 26 September 2013 at 13:08

When I created this follow up issue I added it to the outstanding issues list of #1986434: New visual style for Seven so that it would be on the Seven revamp team's radar.

I don't think people have posted patches to adjust the contrast here because they recognize that there are still changes being made to Seven's header and breadcrumbs, so this could become a WCAG AA non-failure once things firm up.