olynexus.org

Accessibility Statement

olynexus.org is committed to WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. As public research infrastructure intended for researchers, educators, students, journalists, and community organizations, the platform must be accessible to all users regardless of disability status. Federal grant-funded research infrastructure is expected to meet these standards, and we treat accessibility as a core engineering requirement, not an afterthought.

What we do

The current Phase 1 landing page implements the following accessibility measures:

  • Skip-to-content link — keyboard and screen-reader users can bypass the navigation and jump directly to the main content (WCAG 2.4.1).
  • Landmark regions — the page uses semantic <header>, <main>, and <footer> elements corresponding to the banner, main, and contentinfo ARIA landmark roles (WCAG 1.3.6).
  • Heading hierarchy — one <h1> per page, with a logical heading order (WCAG 1.3.1).
  • Text contrast — body text contrast is at minimum 16:1 against the white background; secondary text is at minimum 7:1; tertiary text is at minimum 4.5:1 (WCAG 1.4.3).
  • Visible focus indicators — keyboard focus is visible with a 2px brand-blue ring, contrast 8.1:1 against white (WCAG 2.4.7, 1.4.11).
  • No motion or animation — the site uses no hero animations, auto-playing media, or scroll-triggered effects (WCAG 2.3.3).
  • System font stack — no external font requests; text renders in the user's preferred system font (supports user font preferences and dyslexia fonts).
  • Readable line measure — body text is constrained to approximately 65 characters per line (WCAG 1.4.8).
  • Language attribute — the page root sets lang="en" (WCAG 3.1.1).

Known limitations (Sprint 1b)

A full axe-core accessibility audit is planned for Sprint 1b. The following are known areas for review:

  • Active page state in navigation (aria-current="page") landed in Sprint 1b via a client component that reads the current pathname.
  • The charter page renders markdown as HTML. Heading levels within the rendered charter may not align with the surrounding page heading hierarchy. This will be audited in Sprint 1b.

Report an accessibility barrier

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on olynexus.org, please report it to hello@olynexus.org. Include the URL of the page, a description of the barrier, and the assistive technology or browser you are using. We will respond within five business days.