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Re: color contrast nav text on nav background

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Apr 17, 2015 10:37AM

this may be helpful
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2012/05/whats-large-text-in-wcag-2-0-parlance/

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SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;

On 17 April 2015 at 17:34, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> We are trying to make our new design colors have sufficient contrast to
> pass WCAG 2.0 Level AA. I am looking for some guidance on what "normal"
> and "large" text equates to.
> In our navigation menus, our font family is: Century Gothic
> (sans-serif). The font-size is: 1.7em. The background colors are: # f15c16
> (orange), #6c97b0 (mid blue), and #748a38 (green). The font color is white
> bold.
>
> The achecker keeps failing us. I think it is evaluating for Level AAA,
> instead of level AA, even though I have that level checked.
>
> Thank you for any advice/opinions.
>
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com>;
> www.sbctc.edu<;http://www.sbctc.edu>;
>
> > > > >