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WCAG
What is WCAG?
WCAG stands for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, the international standard for making digital products usable by people with disabilities. Published by the W3C, it is the reference most accessibility laws and procurement rules point to, including the European Accessibility Act and Section 508 in the US. When someone says a site needs to be accessible, WCAG is usually the yardstick they mean.
The guidelines are organized around four principles, often shortened to POUR: content must be Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. Under those sit testable success criteria, each set at one of three conformance levels. Level A is the minimum, AA is the level most organizations target and most laws require, and AAA is the strictest. WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 added criteria for mobile, low vision, and cognitive needs. In practice, conformance looks concrete: sufficient color contrast, every image with meaningful alt text, full keyboard operation, and captions on video. A form that cannot be completed without a mouse fails WCAG, and that single gap can lock out a large group of users.
WCAG compliance is not a one-time checkbox. New content and features can introduce new barriers, so accessibility is something teams maintain. Automated tools catch a portion of issues, but real conformance needs manual testing, including screen readers and keyboard-only navigation, because many criteria depend on actual human use.
WCAG at Dallonses
We build to WCAG because accessible web design is good engineering, not a feature bolted on at the end. We bake WCAG compliance into how we design and code, so contrast, keyboard support, and semantic structure are correct from the first commit rather than patched after an audit. Inclusive design reaches more users and lowers legal risk at the same time.
Our accessibility testing combines automated checks with the manual work that actually matters: screen readers, keyboard-only runs, and real WCAG criteria checked by people. We do this alongside our clients, explaining the why behind each fix so their teams can keep meeting the standard after launch. We have shipped accessible products for global brands operating under real regulatory pressure, and the discipline travels with every project.
Need your product to meet WCAG and hold up to a real audit? Let's get it there.
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