For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft — September 2026

Dear WAI Interest Group,

W3C WAI invites you to comment on the updated
*W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/>*

For background, timeline, and up-to-date information, please see the WCAG 3 Introduction <https://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag3>.

Changes in the September 2026 draft and review questions on the conformance model are in the section Status: In-progress drafts <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/wcag3-intro/#status-in-progress-drafts>.

W3C thanks everyone who contributes to WCAG 3 — see Editors <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/> at the top of the document and contributors in the Acknowledgements <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/#acknowledgements> section.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Chairs via email to: group-ag-chairs@w3.org

/Important:/ WCAG 3 is an incomplete draft that will change substantially. Do not reference it as other than an in-progress draft that will change.

Regards,
Rachael Bradley Montgomery, Alastair Campbell, Adam Page — AG WG Co-Chairs
Kevin White, Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist — W3C Staff Contact for AG WG
Shawn Lawton Henry — Director, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)



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