# Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2

- id: src_01M569GAXP6F721CB0GM1XGFM7
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T17 · tags: accessibility, contrast, standard, legibility, level:established
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:03.502Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GAXP6F721CB0GM1XGFM7

Source: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22

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  "usefulness": "W3C Recommendation (12 Dec 2024) defining accessibility success criteria, including text contrast (4.5:1, 3:1 for large text) and non-text contrast (3:1). The checkable baseline for legible titles, captions, lower-thirds and UI graphics.",
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  "source_owner": "W3C",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Only the first ~100k of ~270k characters read; written for web content, extrapolation to video titling is an inference."
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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Document status: W3C Recommendation REC-WCAG22-20241212; adds nine new success criteria (e.g. target size, focus appearance) and removes 4.1.1 Parsing. · locator: Status of this document; What's new · source: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22
- [sourced_fact] 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) AA: 4.5:1 for text, 3:1 for large-scale text (18pt or 14pt bold); 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast AA: 3:1 for UI components and graphical objects. · locator: Success criteria 1.4.3 and 1.4.11 · source: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22
- [sourced_fact] Copyright 2020-2024 W3C; W3C Document License referenced but not reproduced on the page. · locator: Copyright notice · source: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=LicenseRef-W3C-Document-License hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · W3C document license is referenced; terms not read here. · evidence: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22

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