Randoma11y - Accessible color combinations
Unusual colour combinations that are also accessible—keep smashing that “New colors” button.
‘Never assume anything’: The golden rules for inclusive design
Inclusive design is also future-proofing technology for everyone. Swan noted that many more developers and designers are considering accessibility issues as they age and encounter poor eyesight or other impairments.
Related links
Solid Start
A four-point checklist for inclusive design:
Are you a person that makes digital things for other people? Awesome—because this page is all about making things for people. There are four ways you can improve your creation for everybody. All four are testable, fixable and they improve usability for everybody.
5 Keys to Accessible Web Typography | Better Web Type
Some excellent explanations for these five pieces of sensible typography advice:
- Set your base font size in relative units
- Check the colour of your type and only then its contrast
- Use highly legible fonts
- Shape your paragraphs well
- Correctly use the heading levels
Accessible Color Generator – Learn UI Design
This looks like a really useful tool for generating accessibile colour combinations from a starting colour.
Drupal’s commitment to accessibility | Dries Buytaert
Shots fired!
I’ve come to believe that accessibility is not something you do for a small group of people. Accessibility is about promoting inclusion. When the product you use daily is accessible, it means that we all get to work with a greater number and a greater variety of colleagues. Accessibility benefits everyone.