WCAG 2.2 is ISO/IEC 40500:2025

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

We are pleased to announce that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 is now an approved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard: ISO/IEC 40500:2025. It is available free from ISO/IEC 40500:2025 - Information technology — W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 <https://www.iso.org/standard/91029.html>.

Please see additional information in:

  * Press release: W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 approved as ISO/IEC international standard <https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2025/wcag22-iso-pas/>
  * 'ISO/IEC 40500, EAA, EN 301 549' section of WCAG 2 Overview <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/#iso>

Thank you to all involved in developing WCAG 2.2.

Thank you to Norbert Bensalem, Lisa Rajche, and Phil Wennblom of JTC1 and to Daniel Montalvo of W3C's accessibility team for shepherding it through to ISO/IEC 40500:2025.

Best regards,
~ Shawn

Shawn Lawton Henry
Director, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
www.w3.org/People/Shawn <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn>