RE: Re[2]: Color Contrast (was RE: Coming to a decision on 2.2 - which has long since been lost in this thread)

Ø  The 'merging' (in my mind 'combining' or just 'use') of all relevant SC to  specific components/content-types/elements is always how I have applied WCAG 2. I have been very surprised that others *don't* do it that way....
I would certainly flag these as “issues” and indicate that they need to be fixed – but strictly speaking there would be a “advisory” caveat per the same way the understanding document lists these as advisory.    It is our recommendation that they be addressed but when it comes to technical conformance they may not pose a failure.  They likely pose a risk to organizations and that alone is sufficient to make sure they are addressed.

Jonathan

From: Katie Haritos-Shea [mailto:ryladog@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:56 AM
To: John Foliot
Cc: David MacDonald; Léonie Watson; Sailesh Panchang; Andrew Kirkpatrick; GLWAI Guidelines WG org; Gregg Vanderheiden RTF; Jason J White; Paul J. Adam; Jim Allan; josh@interaccess.ie; Jonathan Avila
Subject: RE: Re[2]: Color Contrast (was RE: Coming to a decision on 2.2 - which has long since been lost in this thread)


The 'merging' (in my mind 'combining' or just 'use') of all relevant SC to  specific components/content-types/elements is always how I have applied WCAG 2. I have been very surprised that others *don't* do it that way....

Katie Haritos-Shea
703-371-5545
On Feb 24, 2016 7:15 AM, "John Foliot" <john.foliot@deque.com<mailto:john.foliot@deque.com>> wrote:
Jonathan Avila wrote:
>
> > Why do you consider it a loophole? Is it not understood that for focus
> > indicators need to satisfy colour contrast/luminosity ratios?
>
> We seem to all agree they should but this does not seem to be directly
covered
> by the success criteria.

+1
While we, as "experts" understand this, it is not specifically called out as
part of the requirement(s) - thus the gap (I consider it more of a gap than
a "loophole") is something that should be addressed going forward, either
via work from one of the TFs currently working (Low Vision perhaps?)


> I believe a similar missing need exists When selection and focus are
indicated by
> the difference in luminosity of background and not by shape.    Consider a
> selected page tab that was medium gray and the others a light gray.   The
> selected state is indicated by color difference and it's not clear if SC
1.4.1 would
> apply.  Even if it did apply and some other marking was added there is no
> requirement that the marking have sufficient contrast.

Hear, hear.... with the caveat that color alone is not the only means of
providing that kind of visual feedback, so it is actually a "merging" (as it
were) of both 1.4.1 AND the variant of 1.4.3 under discussion here


> Future updates or extensions need to clearly address luminosity for visual
> indication of keyboard focus and address color differences used for
selection.

+1

JF