ISO/IEC PRF 40500
(Main)Information technology — W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
Information technology — W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
ISO/IEC 40500:2025 [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2] covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines will make content accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photo-sensitivity and combinations of these. Following these guidelines will also often make your Web content more usable to users in general. WCAG 2.2 success criteria are written as testable statements that are not technology-specific. Guidance about satisfying the success criteria in specific technologies, as well as general information about interpreting the success criteria, is provided in separate documents. An overview of WCAG 2.2, the WCAG 2.2 standard, technical and education material supporting implementation of WCAG 2.2, and information on translating WCAG 2.2, are freely available from Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview.
Technologies de l'information — Règles pour l'accessibilité des contenus Web (WCAG) 2.2
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ISO/IEC 40500
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Information technology — W3C Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG) 2.2
Technologies de l'information — Règles pour l'accessibilité des
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . iii
Introduction . vii
Background on WCAG 2 . vii
WCAG 2 Layers of Guidance . viii
WCAG 2.2 Supporting Documents . ix
Requirements for WCAG 2.2 . ix
Comparison with WCAG 2.1 . ix
New Features in WCAG 2.2 . x
Numbering in WCAG 2.2 . x
Conformance to WCAG 2.2 . x
Later Versions of Accessibility Guidelines . xi
1. Perceivable. 1
Guideline 1.1 Text Alternatives . 1
Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content . 1
Guideline 1.2 Time-based Media . 2
Success Criterion 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) . 2
Success Criterion 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) . 2
Success Criterion 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) . 3
Success Criterion 1.2.4 Captions (Live) . 3
Success Criterion 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded). 3
Success Criterion 1.2.6 Sign Language (Prerecorded) . 3
Success Criterion 1.2.7 Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) . 3
Success Criterion 1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded) . 4
Success Criterion 1.2.9 Audio-only (Live) . 4
Guideline 1.3 Adaptable . 4
Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships . 4
Success Criterion 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence . 4
Success Criterion 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics . 5
Success Criterion 1.3.4 Orientation . 5
Success Criterion 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose . 5
Success Criterion 1.3.6 Identify Purpose . 5
Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable . 6
Success Criterion 1.4.1 Use of Color . 6
Success Criterion 1.4.2 Audio Control . 6
Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) . 6
Success Criterion 1.4.4 Resize Text . 7
Success Criterion 1.4.5 Images of Text . 7
Success Criterion 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced) . 8
Success Criterion 1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio . 8
Success Criterion 1.4.8 Visual Presentation . 9
Success Criterion 1.4.9 Images of Text (No Exception) . 9
Success Criterion 1.4.10 Reflow. 10
Success Criterion 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast . 10
Success Criterion 1.4.12 Text Spacing . 10
Success Criterion 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus . 11
2. Operable . 12
Guideline 2.1 Keyboard Accessible . 12
Success Criterion 2.1.1 Keyboard . 12
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Success Criterion 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap . 13
Success Criterion 2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception) . 13
Success Criterion 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts . 13
Guideline 2.2 Enough Time . 14
Success Criterion 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable . 14
Success Criterion 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide . 15
Success Criterion 2.2.3 No Timing . 15
Success Criterion 2.2.4 Interruptions . 16
Success Criterion 2.2.5 Re-authenticating . 16
Success Criterion 2.2.6 Timeouts . 16
Guideline 2.3 Seizures and Physical Reactions . 16
Success Criterion 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold . 17
Success Criterion 2.3.2 Three Flashes . 17
Success Criterion 2.3.3 Animation from Interactions . 17
Guideline 2.4 Navigable . 17
Success Criterion 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks . 17
Success Criterion 2.4.2 Page Titled . 18
Success Criterion 2.4.3 Focus Order . 18
Success Criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) . 18
Success Criterion 2.4.5 Multiple Ways . 18
Success Criterion 2.4.6 Headings and Labels . 18
Success Criterion 2.4.7 Focus Visible . 19
Success Criterion 2.4.8 Location . 19
Success Criterion 2.4.9 Link Purpose (Link Only) . 19
Success Criterion 2.4.10 Section Headings. 19
Success Criterion 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) . 20
Success Criterion 2.4.12 Focus Not Obscured (Enhanced) . 20
Success Criterion 2.4.13 Focus Appearance . 20
Guideline 2.5 Input Modalities . 21
Success Criterion 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures . 21
Success Criterion 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation . 21
Success Criterion 2.5.3 Label in Name . 22
Success Criterion 2.5.4 Motion Actuation . 22
Success Criterion 2.5.5 Target Size (Enhanced) . 23
Success Criterion 2.5.6 Concurrent Input Mechanisms . 23
Success Criterion 2.5.7 Dragging Movements . 23
Success Criterion 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) . 24
3. Understandable . 24
Guideline 3.1 Readable . 24
Success Criterion 3.1.1 Language of Page . 24
Success Criterion 3.1.2 Language of Parts . 25
Success Criterion 3.1.3 Unusual Words . 25
Success Criterion 3.1.4 Abbreviations . 25
Success Criterion 3.1.5 Reading Level . 25
Success Criterion 3.1.6 Pronunciation . 25
Guideline 3.2 Predictable .
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