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responsibility: Content

Collection of success criterion where the responsibility falls under content creation such as text, media, and copy.

WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level A

1.3.1 Info and Relationships

Information or relationships between content that is visual is also conveyed through the code, via HTML or ARIA (for example the for attribute on a form label, or aria-describedby on an input that has hint text).

Code and Labels, Wording
Cognitive, Visual
Code, Content
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level A

1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics

Nothing is referred to just by its colour, size, position, shape, and so on.

Forms, Sensory, Wording
Cognitive, Visual
Content
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level A

1.4.1 Use of Color

Colour shouldn’t be the only thing used to convey meaning.

Sensory
Cognitive, Visual
Content, Design
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AA
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA

1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio

For spoken audio content, any background noise or music is 20 decibels lower than the foreground speech.

Sensory
Auditory/Hearing
Content
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA

2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception)

You can navigate and interact with a page using the keyboard alone.

Keyboard
Cognitive, Physical/Motor, Visual
Content, Design
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level A

2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide

Automatically moving/animating content that lasts more than 5 seconds should be able to be stopped or hidden.

Sensory
Cognitive, Visual
Code, Content, Design
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level A

2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold

Flashing content must not exceed three flashes per second unless it is within safe limits.

Sensory
Cognitive, Visual
Content, Design
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA

2.3.2 Three Flashes

Flashing content must never exceed three flashes per second, without exceptions.

Sensory
Cognitive, Visual
Content, Design