Usability

Website Accessibility & Usability Basics

Accessibility improvements often make a website easier for everyone to use. Clear structure, readable content and predictable controls are good design, not decorative compliance.

Structure

Use meaningful headings

Organize pages so users and assistive technologies can understand the hierarchy.

Contrast

Keep text readable

Use sufficient contrast and avoid placing important text over unpredictable backgrounds.

Keyboard

Support non-mouse navigation

Menus, links and controls should be reachable and understandable without relying exclusively on a pointer.

Links

Describe the destination

Use link text that gives useful context instead of repeating vague labels everywhere.

Forms

Make fields understandable

Use visible labels, clear instructions, useful validation and understandable error messages.

Images

Use purposeful alt text

Describe meaningful images when the visual information is important, while avoiding noisy descriptions for purely decorative elements.

Accessibility belongs in normal QA.

A useful accessibility pass also checks zoom behavior, mobile responsiveness, focus visibility, tap target size and whether content still makes sense when visual styling is stripped away.

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