Accessibility statement

This platform targets WCAG 2.1 Level AAA. Every text colour pair achieves a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 and every non-text boundary at least 3:1. All interactive elements have visible focus indicators. All forms have associated labels and error announcements.

The claim is machine-checked on every commit rather than asserted. Continuous integration runs a contrast gate over every colour pair in the theme, a colour-vision-deficiency gate that repeats those measurements under simulated protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia, and an axe-core scan of every public route. The build fails if any of them regress.

No information is conveyed by colour alone. Status labels carry an icon and a word as well as a tint; error messages carry a warning icon and the word “Error”; added and removed lines in a comparison carry + and − markers. Any two colours that mean different things and are hard to tell apart under any simulated colour-vision deficiency must declare the non-colour cue that separates them, and the build fails if one does not.

Nothing on this platform flashes, blinks, pulses or animates. This is stronger than SC 2.3.1 requires — rather than staying under the three-flashes-per-second threshold, there is no animation at all, and an automated test asserts that on every route without relying on the visitor having set a system preference. The prefers-reduced-motion setting is also respected as a second line of defence.

All interactive elements are operable by keyboard. A skip-to-content link is available at the top of every page. Modal dialogs trap focus and can be dismissed with the Escape key. Every target outside running text measures at least 44×44 CSS pixels.

If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please contact us at accessibility@intrepid-resource.org. We aim to respond within two working days.