Commonwealth of Kentucky

kentucky.gov · Frankfort, Kentucky · State or territory domain · scanned 2026-08-09

4 rules violated

4 distinct rules violated across 38 elements. 24 rules passed and 4 needed manual review.

The homepage resolved to https://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx.

Violations by WCAG success criterion

What axe-core found

• image-alt critical

  Images must have alternative text

  Ensure <img> elements have alternative text or a role of none or presentation

  5 failing elements · WCAG 1.1.1

  Example elements:

  • .ky-gov-logo-wide
  • #ctl00_ctl00_m_g_705f0a3a_2dfb_4811_9b7c_2e2859f5e7a6_ctl00_trendingContainer > .row > .col-md-3:nth-child(1) > .well-service[itemscope=""] > a[data-bind="attr: { href: $data.URL }"] > img[data-bind="attr: { src: $data.ImageURL }"][itemprop="image"]
  • #ctl00_ctl00_m_g_705f0a3a_2dfb_4811_9b7c_2e2859f5e7a6_ctl00_trendingContainer > .row > .col-md-3:nth-child(2) > .well-service[itemscope=""] > a[data-bind="attr: { href: $data.URL }"] > img[data-bind="attr: { src: $data.ImageURL }"][itemprop="image"]

• color-contrast serious

  Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds

  Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds

  31 failing elements · WCAG 1.4.3

  Example elements:

  • .col-sm-3.col-xs-6:nth-child(1) > h4
  • .list-unstyled > li:nth-child(1) > a[href$="default.aspx"]
  • .col-sm-3.col-xs-6:nth-child(1) > .list-unstyled > li:nth-child(2) > a[href$="default.aspx"]

• aria-prohibited-attr serious

  Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes

  Ensure ARIA attributes are not prohibited for an element's role

  1 failing element · WCAG 4.1.2

  Example elements:

  • #ctl00_ctl00_PlaceHolderContentFromChild_PlaceHolderContent_ctl01__ControlWrapper_RichHtmlField

• meta-viewport moderate

  Zooming and scaling must not be disabled

  Ensure <meta name="viewport"> does not disable text scaling and zooming

  1 failing element · WCAG 1.4.4

  Example elements:

  • meta[name="viewport"]

Provenance

Reproduce this

npx github:st0rm-bless3d/a11yscan#v0.1.1 https://kentucky.gov/ --min-impact serious

The engine is the open-source a11yscan CLI (MIT). Its default rule set is wider than this index's — it also enables wcag22aa and axe's best-practice rules — so it will report a superset of what is listed above. The exact tag set used here is wcag2a, wcag2aa, wcag21a, wcag21aa; see the methodology.

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