Tt post feb 23 2017

http://www.leadershiptoledo.org

justread, can you convince them to increase the contrast of the text against the white background? The grey or light grey text is hard to read, especially on the phone with the too small font size. I assume that they want people to read the website without pain.

If black on white is too harsh, then at least #333333 would be an improvement over #a3a3a3. Not everyone has 20/20 vision. I avoid reading websites that are reader-hostile.

From an accessibility standpoint, the #a3a3a3 text on the #ffffff background is below 3:1, which is unacceptable.

• Why are so many sites using gray text? - Is there some backroom deal with eyedrop vendors?
• How the Web Became Unreadable - I thought my eyesight was beginning to go. It turns out, I’m suffering from design.
• I can't read your website -

http://wave.webaim.org/report#/http://www.leadershiptoledo.org/

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"Hatred toward a fundraiser that supports leadership development and social awareness for youth and adults alike. In a town that really needs leadership. Pretty dam negative."

I agree.

http://www.leadershiptoledo.org

I'll reserve my hatred for their website design. It appears that the website has interesting content that I would like to read, but I avoid websites that are reader-hostile.

justread, can you convince them to tweak their Squarspace theme to increase the contrast of the text against the white background? The light grey text is hard to read, especially on the phone with the too small font size. I assume that they want people to read the website without pain.

If black on white is too harsh, then what about #222222 or at least #333333. That would be an improvement over #a3a3a3. Not everyone has 20/20 vision and brand new computer screens.

The contrast ratio of #a3a3a3 against #ffffff is below 3:1, which is unacceptable from an accessibility standpoint.