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Re: Another Color Contrast question

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Oct 2, 2014 6:08PM

WCAG's requirements for contrast are for text and images of text. Text is defined as "sequence of characters that can be programmatically determined, where the sequence is expressing something in human language".

The line mentioning making icons and line drawings was inserted (as I recall it) just as a reminder that while contrast applies to text and images of text, it is worth thinking about contrast for any information that people need to consume.

AWK