WCAG 2.1 AA is the bar we work toward.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA is the international standard for making websites usable by people with disabilities. It covers screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, color contrast, text alternatives for images, focus indicators, and other practical accommodations.
Concrete Authority treats WCAG 2.1 AA as the target for every customer-facing page we own — this site, the contractor preview sites we build, the funnel, the outreach pages. We test, we fix, and we continuously improve.
The accommodations already in place.
Every page on this site is built with the following in mind:
- Semantic HTML. Headings, lists, sections, and landmarks are real HTML elements, not styled
divs. Screen readers can navigate by heading or by section. - Keyboard navigation. Every interactive element — links, buttons, form fields, the mobile menu, the FAQ accordion — can be reached and activated with a keyboard alone.
- Explicit form labels. Every input on the intake form has a stable
idand a matchingforattribute on its label, so screen readers announce what each field is for. - Visible focus. Keyboard users see a clear focus indicator on every interactive element.
- Scrollable regions. Embedded scrollable content (like the showcase preview frame) is keyboard-scrollable.
- Mobile menu. Opens and closes by tap, by keyboard, or by pressing Escape. Closes when the viewport grows past mobile width.
- Color is not the only signal. Where color carries meaning (error states, success states, required fields), there is always a non-color cue alongside it — an icon, a word, or a position.
- No autoplay audio. No flashing content. Background video is muted, loops, and uses the
autoplay muted playsinlinepattern with a poster fallback. - Image alternatives. Decorative images carry empty
altattributes so screen readers skip them. Content images describe what they show.
What does not yet meet AA, and why.
We will not pretend the site is perfect. Two things currently fall short of WCAG 2.1 AA:
- Safety Orange contrast. The brand accent color (#F97316) used on call-to-action buttons and section eyebrow text measures roughly 2.8:1 against white. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for UI components. We accept this as a deliberate brand decision: Safety Orange is canonical to the Concrete Authority identity. Text remains legible for low-vision users at typical screen sizes — the limitation is specifically the formal AA ratio, not unreadable copy. If this is a barrier for you, contact us; we will send the same information in an accessible format.
- Showcase preview frame. The browser-style preview on the home page renders a representational mock of a contractor site. It is not real content, and it uses the same Safety Orange accent in its mock buttons. The container itself is keyboard-scrollable; the mock content inside is illustrative only.
Automated, manual, and assistive.
Accessibility is checked at three layers before a change goes live:
- Automated. Each page is scanned with axe-core (the same engine used by browser dev tools and most major auditing services) for serious and critical WCAG 2.1 AA violations.
- Manual. Keyboard navigation, focus order, and visible focus indicators are exercised by hand on every page.
- Assistive technology. Spot checks with screen readers (VoiceOver on macOS/iOS, NVDA on Windows) when interactive components change.
Every page is tested at desktop (1440 wide) and mobile (390 wide) breakpoints.
If something does not work for you, tell us.
If any part of this site is hard to use, blocks you, or you need information presented in a different format, email us:
Include the page URL, what you tried to do, what assistive technology you use, and what happened. We will either fix the issue, give you a workaround, or send you the information in an accessible alternative format — whichever solves the problem for you fastest.
Concrete Authority — owned surfaces.
This statement applies to the Concrete Authority brand site at concreteauthority.dev, the funnel pages we serve from related subpaths, and the contractor preview sites we generate at {slug}.concreteauthority.dev. It does not cover external sites we link to (payment providers, social platforms, third-party assets), which are governed by their own accessibility policies.
Reviewed quarterly. Dated below.
We review this statement at least quarterly and after any significant change to the site. The "last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the current version. Material changes — a new known limitation, a removed limitation, a process change — are dated explicitly in this section.