WCAG 2.2 checklist
A WCAG checklist is a working list, not a stamp. Complience.app’s website accessibility checker covers the machine-testable slice of WCAG 2.2 A/AA. The rest still needs a person. This page splits the two so you do not confuse a scan with an audit.
What an automated checker can flag
These items show up in axe-core on a Playwright load. Run them on a website accessibility checker.
- Images have an alt attribute (quality of the text still needs a person)
- Buttons, links, and inputs have an accessible name
- Document has a title and a language attribute
- Numeric color contrast below 4.5:1 / 3:1 that axe can compute
- Empty or duplicate landmarks the engine can see
- Invalid ARIA roles and states in the DOM
- Form inputs without a programmatically associated label
What still needs a person
If you need this layer, that is a website accessibility audit, not a second scan URL.
- Alt text describes the image, not “image1.jpg”
- Keyboard-only use of menus, dialogs, and checkout
- Visible focus and a logical tab order
- Captions and audio description for media
- Custom widgets expose name, role, and value to a screen reader
- Content reflows at 400% zoom without trapping
- Error messages that actually help someone recover
ADA, EAA, 508
The statutes point at WCAG. The same engine still cannot certify them. See the ADA, EAA, and Section 508 pages for the legal-fear queries.
Questions
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