Color check

Can people read your text? Pick the two colors.

The pale gray small print on Wrenfield's website.

Result

Hours

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on federal holidays.

What the numbers mean

7 or more
Easy for nearly everyone, including people with weaker eyesight.
4.5 or more
Fine for ordinary text. The WCAG 2.1 AA standard, which US state and local government websites must meet under the ADA.
3 or more
Only for large text (about 24px, or 19px bold) and for buttons and icons.
Under 3
Too faint. Some people won't be able to read it at all.

Check the official rules. Rules and dates change, so check them with the official sources before you rely on them: ADA.gov (the US Department of Justice), the W3C's WCAG pages and Section508.gov. PageKiwi helps you find problems and get closer to meeting the rules. It can't promise a website meets them, it isn't legal advice, and we can't take responsibility for decisions made from it.

Faint text is the most common accessibility problem on the web: the WebAIM Million, a yearly check of a million home pages, found it on 83.9% of them in February 2026. WCAG, the standard the ADA rules point to, sets these contrast numbers. Website accessibility: where to start, with the tools that help and what the law asks.

How to use it

  1. Pick your text color and background, or type their codes (like #767676). Your web person or site builder can tell you the codes.
  2. Read the verdict. If it fails, use the nearest color that passes, shown below it.