Accessibility Basics for Designers
Most accessibility failures are design decisions, made early, cheap to avoid and expensive to retrofit. Here are the ones that matter.
Beginner8 min readVanshikaDEFINITIONDesign
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
The accessibility standard most regulations point at. Levels A, AA, and AAA describe increasing strictness; AA is the usual target.
EXAMPLE
AA requires body text to reach a 4.5:1 contrast ratio against its background, and large text or meaningful icons to reach 3:1.
WHY IT MATTERS
It converts "make it accessible" into specific, checkable thresholds. Most failures are design decisions made early — contrast, focus states, target size — and they're cheap then and expensive to retrofit.