From the course: Web Accessibility for Developers

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Helper tools

Helper tools

- [Narrator] The first two tools in this chapter were tools to check for general accessibility issues on websites. These last two tools are specialized for both catching and repairing issues. First, let's look at an online contrast checker. Once you have found a color contrast issue on your website, how do you repair it? Some photo editors like Figma have plugins that can provide contrast information. However, if you don't have access to a tool like that or want a quick way to play with possible color combinations, an online contrast checker is the way to go. It also provides the WIC ag requirements right on the page. I can put any color in the foreground. Here are the problematic colors from that binary image, and then I can experiment with different colors in the background. The next tool we'll look at is a heading mapper. One important item for both accessibility and SEO is for headings to be arranged hierarchically. Particularly for content heavy webpage, this can be difficult to…

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