TL;DR: If you plan to style text highlighted by the browser, you must give it sufficient contrast — 3:1 for the highlight block against its background and (probably) 4.5:1 for the text within that highlighted block against that background. CSS Context CSS provides methods to style the highlights that browsers…

The `prefers-reduced-motion` media query has excellent support in all modern browsers going back a couple of years. In this article, Michelle Barker explains why there’s no reason not to use it today to make your sites more accessible.

One of the biggest misunderstandings of web accessibility is that developers and designers believe they need to learn how to use screen readers and other assistive tech to create accessible websites. While you'll need that knowledge at some point, most importantly, you need a basic understanding of people and how they use the web. 1/2

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