![]() ![]() If you need to kind of go top and down all of the different level of hierarchy to manage to change your grey or change it, nobodies going to notice.” I asked the project owner and we decided to do it together, and I said “yeah, I’m going to change a little bit the grey so it will pass the contrast ratio. But, this was for an internal product, so, I kind of took the liberty. Because I think you can’t do that, for instance, you have marketing people checking in every color. It wasn’t like something that was going to be public on the stores, and things like that. What I did, I just changed the grey because I knew that nobody was going to check this. ![]() And, you wouldn’t pass the contrast ratio. Sometimes, for instance, I add, like, this visual identity with different shades of grey, and they were using one which was called light grey, as a text on white background. Stephanie: So when you have to deal with these kinds of things… sometimes you can cheat a little bit. But, if you want a call to action with an orange color you end up with having dark text on it which is cool for Halloween… but not super fun for the rest of the year, you know? So they kind of expect that if for instance, the color of their graphical identity is orange or light green they expect the call to action to be in this color, and things like that. And, then the client really wants to see this color because it’s the color for the graphical identity. And, you’re like, okay I’ll have to deal with that. For instance, when you arrive on a project and they use this really pretty but super like, green or orange color. And, like, design decisions you can change. Stephanie: Generally it’s the lack of knowledge. What would be your greatest frustration in terms of web accessibility? Let’s look at something that might be fun but also can show a little bit of the problems with accessibility. Nic: We were talking last week about really positive stuff. We had a great chat last week, spoke about all kinds of things including the differences between regulations in Europe and North America, and Stephanie was telling us how she managed to use the color yellow in her portfolio and keep it accessible. This week I’m continuing my conversation with Stephanie Walter. Twilio, connect the world with the leading platform for voice, SMS, and video at Thanks to Twilio for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. To get today’s show notes or transcript head out to. If you’re interested in accessibility, hey, this show’s for you. I’m Nic Steenhout and I talk with people involved in one way or another with web accessibility. Nic: Welcome to the Accessibility Rules podcast. ![]() Download file “E083 - Interview with Stephanie Walter - Part 2” | Duration: 17:54 | Guest: Stephanie Walter | Series: A11y Rules Podcast
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