Site contrast and legibility
I think my Dad was being nice...
I've started to grow a conscience. Who knew? It's taken me over 30 years though.
As I've been redesigning my new portfolio site, I've become increasingly aware of the W3C + 508 accessibility guidelines, and that my site was not going to pass them. A quick way to find out if your contrasts are working w/in the W3C is to check out JuicyStudio's Luminosity Contrast Ration Analyser.
Based on these findings, I've started to up the contrast on my greys. Some of my colors still won't pass, but the font it's used in is pretty big, so it seems like it's darker. Not everyone conforms to these standards, so that's mostly a judgement call on your part. Regardless, you should be thinking of these things as you create your projects.
I'm also about to convert all my pixels to ems. I found a site forum that describes the best ratio to start your body em at so all other ratios will make more sense. Unfortunately I can't find the damn site in my immense bookmark file, so that will hopefully be soon.
Dad, I'm sorry for insinuating you can't see, but...
Technorati Tags: web design, CSS, accessibility, standards, WAI
I've started to grow a conscience. Who knew? It's taken me over 30 years though.
As I've been redesigning my new portfolio site, I've become increasingly aware of the W3C + 508 accessibility guidelines, and that my site was not going to pass them. A quick way to find out if your contrasts are working w/in the W3C is to check out JuicyStudio's Luminosity Contrast Ration Analyser.
Based on these findings, I've started to up the contrast on my greys. Some of my colors still won't pass, but the font it's used in is pretty big, so it seems like it's darker. Not everyone conforms to these standards, so that's mostly a judgement call on your part. Regardless, you should be thinking of these things as you create your projects.
I'm also about to convert all my pixels to ems. I found a site forum that describes the best ratio to start your body em at so all other ratios will make more sense. Unfortunately I can't find the damn site in my immense bookmark file, so that will hopefully be soon.
Dad, I'm sorry for insinuating you can't see, but...
Technorati Tags: web design, CSS, accessibility, standards, WAI
Labels: accessibility, web design
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