WCAG: Accessible User Experiences
For Web Designers, WCAG is about the “Understandable” and “Operable” principles—ensuring that navigation is predictable and that interactive elements like buttons and forms are easy to use.
A designer’s role includes defining Focus States, ensuring “Touch Targets” are large enough for mobile users (at least 44x44 pixels), and creating a logical heading hierarchy (H1-H6) that allows users to skim the page mentally before diving into the content.
Frequently Asked Questions
Users who navigate via keyboard (using the Tab key) rely on a visual “focus ring” to know which element they are currently on. Removing this outline for aesthetic reasons is a major WCAG violation.
WCAG requires that components with the same functionality (like a “Search” button) look and behave the same way across every page of the site to reduce cognitive load.
Beyond contrast, designers must ensure text is not “justified” (which creates “rivers” of white space that are hard for dyslexic users to read) and that line spacing is at least 1.5x the font size.
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