When something conforms to a standard, it “meets” or “satisfies” specific requirements in a standard.

Organisations can comply with regulation, for instance the laws and regulations that EU Member States adopted following Directive (EU) 2019/882, the European Accessibility Act.

We can build UI components with accessibility in mind. We can also document accessibility specifics alongside them. Both are helpful and recommended. What about claiming conformance? In this post, I'll talk about how WCAG doesn't allow for that, and why I believe that's a good thing.