Color Contrast Aaa
Evaluates contrast against WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.6 Level AAA: 7:1 for normal text, 4.5:1 for large text (≥18pt or ≥14pt bold). Stricter than AA — recommended for prose-heavy products and a11y-first brands.
$ aoe install @community/check-color-contrast-aaaProjection
Always in _index.xml · the agent never has to ask for this.
ColorContrastAAA [check] v1.0.0
Evaluates contrast against WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.6 Level AAA: 7:1 for normal text, 4.5:1 for large text (≥18pt or ≥14pt bold). Stricter than AA — recommended for prose-heavy products and a11y-first brands.
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ColorContrastAAA [check] v1.0.0
Evaluates contrast against WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.6 Level AAA: 7:1 for normal text, 4.5:1 for large text (≥18pt or ≥14pt bold). Stricter than AA — recommended for prose-heavy products and a11y-first brands.
signature: (fg: Color, bg: Color, fontSize: px, fontWeight: number) -> bool predicate: // WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.6 Level AAA: // - Large text (>= 18pt regular OR >= 14pt bold): 4.5:1 // - Normal text: 7.0:1 isLarge = fontSize >= 18 || (fontSize >= 14 && fontWeight >= 700) required = isLarge ? 4.5 : 7.0 ratio = wcag-contrast-ratio(fg, bg) return ratio >= required
Meta
- License: Apache-2.0
- License Provenance: package-authorship-claim
Validates
@community/rule-color-contrast-aaa
Severity
medium
Failure Message Template
Color pair (fg={fg}, bg={bg}) achieves {actual_ratio}:1 — required {required}:1 for {size}pt/{weight} text at AAA level. Increase contrast or relax target to AA (4.5:1).
Evaluation Method
automated
Tools
- axe-core
- lighthouse
- @anthropic/claude-code
False Positive Rate
low
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ColorContrastAAA [check] v1.0.0
Evaluates contrast against WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.6 Level AAA: 7:1 for normal text, 4.5:1 for large text (≥18pt or ≥14pt bold). Stricter than AA — recommended for prose-heavy products and a11y-first brands.
signature: (fg: Color, bg: Color, fontSize: px, fontWeight: number) -> bool predicate: // WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.6 Level AAA: // - Large text (>= 18pt regular OR >= 14pt bold): 4.5:1 // - Normal text: 7.0:1 isLarge = fontSize >= 18 || (fontSize >= 14 && fontWeight >= 700) required = isLarge ? 4.5 : 7.0 ratio = wcag-contrast-ratio(fg, bg) return ratio >= required
Meta
- License: Apache-2.0
- License Provenance: package-authorship-claim
Validates
@community/rule-color-contrast-aaa
Severity
medium
Failure Message Template
Color pair (fg={fg}, bg={bg}) achieves {actual_ratio}:1 — required {required}:1 for {size}pt/{weight} text at AAA level. Increase contrast or relax target to AA (4.5:1).
Evaluation Method
automated
Tools
- axe-core
- lighthouse
- @anthropic/claude-code
False Positive Rate
low
Relations
related: [@community/rule-color-contrast-aaa, @community/check-contrast-aa, @w3c/fact-wcag-contrast-aa, @community/metric-contrast-ratio]
Meta
- License: Apache-2.0
- License Provenance: package-authorship-claim
Validates
@community/rule-color-contrast-aaa
Severity
medium
Failure Message Template
Color pair (fg={fg}, bg={bg}) achieves {actual_ratio}:1 — required {required}:1 for {size}pt/{weight} text at AAA level. Increase contrast or relax target to AA (4.5:1).
Evaluation Method
automated
Tools
- axe-core
- lighthouse
- @anthropic/claude-code
False Positive Rate
low
Source
aoe-engine/examples/frontend-design/primes/compiled/@community/check-color-contrast-aaa/atom.yaml