Contrast check
Two colours in, the WCAG contrast ratio out, with AA and AAA words for text and controls.
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
Accessibility checks and WCAG guides for small business
Run 10 free checks on your own pages, then read plain guides to what WCAG asks of a small-business website, what the ADA means for it, and how to fix what fails.
Free checks
Each check runs in your browser, names the part of WCAG it serves, and prints as a record.
WCAG 2.2 AA checklist
Every Level A and AA success criterion as a plain test you can run, with a printable record.
5.2.1 Conformance Level
Alt text check
Paste one image's alt text, say what the image does, and see each problem with a better pattern.
1.1.1 Non-text Content
Focus order checklist
A guided Tab-key walk of your own page: skip link, menu, visible focus, traps and order.
2.4.3 Focus Order
Accessibility statement generator
Fill in a short form and get a plain statement in W3C's structure, to copy as text or HTML, or print.
3.2.6 Consistent Help
ADA demand letter response checklist
Nine steps after a website demand letter arrives, with the response date counted, saved in your browser, printable.
2.1.1 Keyboard
ADA website checklist for small business
41 plain tests by page part, from the menu to the footer, with the WCAG criteria each answers.
5.2.2 Full pages
PDF accessibility quick check
Drop a PDF to see what the file itself shows: tags, title, language, text layer and fields.
1.3.1 Info and Relationships
VPAT template (ACR builder)
Build an accessibility conformance report one criterion at a time, ready to print.
5.3 Conformance Claims (Optional)
Accessible colour palette check
Every pair of your brand colours checked at once, with the nearest shade that passes.
1.4.11 Non-text Contrast
Check, fix, prove
The work an accessibility auditor does, in an order you can follow yourself.
Check
Run the checks on your own pages, then try each page with the keyboard and a screen reader. An automated scan helps, but a clean report does not mean a site is accessible, so pair it with a manual check.
Fix
Fix what fails in your own code, theme or site builder settings, not with an overlay widget laid on top. Each guide shows the fix for the failures it covers.
Prove
Keep a dated record of what you tested and fixed, publish an accessibility statement, and retest after each change. If a demand letter arrives, that record is what you bring to your lawyer.
Browse by topic
Each topic gathers its checks, guides and comparisons on one page.
Contrast and colour
Text and control contrast, colour that carries meaning, and how to measure a ratio.
2 checks, 3 guides, 3 comparisons
Keyboard and focus
Reaching every control from the keyboard, a focus ring you can see, and a sensible tab order.
2 checks, 8 guides, 2 comparisons
Images and alt text
Writing alt text that says what an image is for, and when an image needs none.
1 check, 5 guides, 3 comparisons
Documents and PDFs
Tagged PDFs, reading order and the forms and menus small businesses post as files.
2 checks, 6 guides, 3 comparisons
Law, deadlines and demand letters
What the ADA and WCAG ask of a small business site, and what to do when a letter arrives.
3 checks, 7 guides, 2 comparisons
Compare services and tools
13 comparisons of audit services, testing tools, PDF and caption services, judged on what WCAG asks, by use case. Verdicts are editorial: no vendor can buy a verdict position or displace another vendor.
- WCAG audit services comparedWho audits a small-business site by hand against WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA, verdict by use case.
- PDF remediation services comparedServices that tag and fix PDFs to PDF/UA and WCAG, judged on what they hand back.
- Website accessibility software for small businessScanning and monitoring platforms, not widgets, judged on what a scan can and cannot catch.
- Siteimprove alternativesMonitoring platforms a smaller site can use instead of an enterprise suite.
- VPAT and ACR writing services comparedFirms that test a software product and write its accessibility conformance report.
- PDF remediation software comparedDesktop and cloud tools to tag and fix PDFs yourself, from tag editing to a PDF/UA check.
- Accessibility testing tools comparedCheckers you run page by page, judged on rules mapped to WCAG and what they leave to a person.
- Captioning services comparedHuman and human-checked captioning for recorded and live video, judged on review and formats.
- Closed captioning software comparedTools to make and edit caption files yourself, from the editor to the export formats.
- Audio description services comparedWho writes and voices audio description for marketing and training video.
- Accessible Shopify themes comparedThemes judged on what a theme controls: skip link, visible focus, the cart drawer by keyboard, colour settings.
- WordPress accessibility plugins and themesChecker and fix-in-source plugins and accessibility-ready themes; toolbar widgets are left out.
- Accessible alternatives to accessiBeAudit services and testing tools instead of an overlay widget, and why overlays are left out.
Check one thing today.
Put two colours from your own site into the contrast check and see whether body text reaches the 4.5:1 that WCAG asks for.
Open the contrast check