1843332 - Insufficient color contrast for search/filter input label/placeholder

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

Color contrast is insufficient for label/placeholder text within search and filter input fields on Light theme:
the color contrast ratio is 3.1:1 for the light grey regular text against white background while it’s expected to be 4.5:1 and higher.

While placeholder text is not explicitly included in the WCAG, in this case the on-screen text in the placeholder is playing a role of an on-screen label text for these inputs

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field for this bug is set to S3. However, the accessibility severity is higher, .
:jdescottes, could you consider increasing the severity?

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Comment 2

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

Attachment: Bug 1843332 - [devtools] Fix search/filter input placeholder color contrast. r=#devtools-reviewers.

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/56d2d1a7eecf
[devtools] Fix search/filter input placeholder color contrast. r=devtools-reviewers,ochameau.

Comment 4

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/56d2d1a7eecf