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Accessibility

Built for everyone in the strata community.

OurCommons aims to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA on every authenticated page and every marketing page. If something on this site doesn't work for you, please tell us — email accessibility@ourcommons.co and we'll address it.

High contrast mode

We use a bright coral as our brand colour. White text on top of it is readable for most people, but doesn't meet WCAG 2.1 AA contrast ratios for body text. Turn this on and OurCommons darkens coral, warning, success and danger colours so every page meets AA.

Your choice is remembered on this device. Signed-in users get the setting synced across every device automatically. If your operating system already asks for higher contrast (macOS Increase Contrast, Windows Contrast Themes), OurCommons honours that automatically.

High contrast mode

Darken coral, status colours and links for easier reading. Automatically enabled if your operating system asks for higher contrast.

What we've done so far

  • Skip-to-content links on every layout, plus a proper <main> anchor on every page.
  • Keyboard navigation: every interactive element reaches focus, and the focus ring is visible. Modals trap focus and restore it when closed.
  • Forms label every input and surface validation errors via aria-invalid + aria-describedby so screen readers announce them.
  • Honour prefers-reduced-motion — animation disables when your OS asks.
  • Buttons are properly typed (icon-only buttons have accessible names; non-submit buttons don't fire form submissions accidentally).

What we know is still imperfect

  • Default brand coral fails AA contrast on body text. The High Contrast toggle above is our Conforming Alternate Version under WCAG 2.1 Conformance Requirement 1.
  • A handful of in-product modal dialogs are still being migrated to a canonical accessible primitive. Mainline flows are done; you may encounter some smaller secondary surfaces during the transition.

Standards we test against

We test against WCAG 2.1 Level AA. This is the standard recognised by the Australian Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Accessibility, and is widely cited in AU government procurement.

If your strata committee includes members with vision impairment, motor impairment, or anyone using assistive technology, please get in touch — we want to hear what works and what doesn't.