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Ask Pixel: WTF does WCAG stand for?

Learn what WCAG is, why website accessibility matters, and how accessible design helps make your website easier for everyone to use.
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Pixel, wtf is WCAG? Why is it important to know yet another acronym?

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It stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines! Basically, it’s a set of guidelines for making websites easier for everyone to use. 🦜

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Everyone? Like who?

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People who are blind or have low vision, people who use keyboards instead of a mouse, people with hearing or cognitive disabilities, and tbh… lots of people.

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So is it just like… adding alt text to images?

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Alt text is part of it! But WCAG also covers things like color contrast, captions, keyboard navigation, readable text, forms, links, and how your website behaves.

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Cool cool cool. So WCAG = making my website not suck for people with disabilities?

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😂 Pretty much. Accessibility isn’t a bonus feature. People should be able to actually use your website. WCAG helps us build it that way.

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Okay… now I’m wondering how accessible my website actually is. 👀

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Sounds like it’s time for an accessibility check! 🦜 Let’s find out what’s working, what isn’t, and what might be getting in your visitors’ way.

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