# ADA/WCAG 2.1 Level AA Compliance Assessment Report
## AMF Electric (amfelectric.com)

**Assessment Date:** October 7, 2025  
**Auditor:** Automated Accessibility Assessment via Cremote MCP Tools  
**Standard:** WCAG 2.1 Level AA  
**Scope:** Site-wide assessment (limited by site availability issues)

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## EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

### Overall Compliance Status: **NON-COMPLIANT**
### Legal Risk Level: **HIGH**
### Overall Accessibility Score: 80/100 (Homepage only - other pages inaccessible)

**CRITICAL FINDING:** The website experienced severe performance and availability issues during testing. Multiple pages failed to load within 20 seconds, which constitutes a significant accessibility barrier. Only the homepage could be fully assessed.

### Pages Successfully Assessed:
1. ✅ Homepage (https://amfelectric.com/) - **NON-COMPLIANT**

### Pages That Failed to Load:
1. ❌ Residential Electric Services - Connection timeout
2. ❌ Commercial Electric Services - Connection timeout  
3. ❌ Industrial Design Services - Connection timeout
4. ❌ Contact Us - Partial load, blank content
5. ❌ Blog - Blank page
6. ❌ Projects pages - Not tested due to navigation failures

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## SITE-WIDE CRITICAL ISSUES

### 1. PERFORMANCE & AVAILABILITY (WCAG 2.2.2 Related)
**Severity:** CRITICAL  
**Legal Risk:** HIGH  
**Impact:** Users with slow connections or assistive technologies cannot access the site

**Findings:**
- Multiple pages timeout after 20+ seconds
- Navigation between pages consistently fails
- Contact page loads but displays blank content
- Blog page completely blank

**Remediation Required:**
- Immediate server performance optimization
- Content delivery network (CDN) implementation
- Page load time optimization (target: <3 seconds)
- Database query optimization
- Image optimization and lazy loading

**Estimated Hours:** 16-24 hours

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## HOMEPAGE ASSESSMENT DETAILS

### Compliance Summary
- **Status:** NON-COMPLIANT
- **Score:** 80/100
- **Legal Risk:** MEDIUM
- **Estimated Remediation:** 4 hours

### Critical Violations Found

#### 1. COLOR CONTRAST FAILURES (WCAG 1.4.3 - Level AA)
**Severity:** SERIOUS - **HIGHEST LAWSUIT RISK**  
**Impact:** Users with low vision cannot read text  
**Violations:** 71 elements fail WCAG AA contrast requirements

**Critical Failures:**

| Element | Text | Current Ratio | Required | Colors |
|---------|------|---------------|----------|--------|
| Skip link | "Skip to content" | 2.55:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(0,84,122) on rgb(0,0,0) |
| Navigation menu | "Residential" | 3.66:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(102,102,102) on rgb(0,0,0) |
| Navigation menu | "Commercial" | 3.66:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(102,102,102) on rgb(0,0,0) |
| Navigation menu | "Industrial" | 3.66:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(102,102,102) on rgb(0,0,0) |
| Navigation menu | "Blog" | 3.66:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(102,102,102) on rgb(0,0,0) |
| CTA Button | "Pay Your Invoice" | 4.00:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(255,255,255) on rgb(255,0,0) |
| Hero section | Main heading | 1.00:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(255,255,255) on rgb(255,255,255) |
| Industrial section | Body text | 2.39:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(102,102,102) on rgb(224,153,0) |
| Testimonials | "Our Clients Love Us" | 1.66:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(51,51,51) on rgb(0,0,0) |
| Footer | Copyright text | 2.77:1 | 4.5:1 | rgb(102,102,102) on rgb(34,34,34) |

**Pattern Analysis:**
- **Navigation Menu:** All submenu items use rgb(102,102,102) on black - affects 25+ elements
- **Industrial Section:** Orange background (rgb(224,153,0)) creates severe contrast issues
- **Hero Section:** White-on-white text (1.00:1) - completely invisible
- **"Learn More" buttons:** rgb(242,91,58) on white (3.32:1) - fails across multiple sections

**Remediation:**
```css
/* Navigation menu - change from #666 to #999 or darker */
.menu-item a { color: #999999; } /* 3.66:1 → 5.74:1 */

/* Or better - use white text */
.menu-item a { color: #ffffff; } /* 21:1 - WCAG AAA */

/* Industrial section - use darker text or lighter background */
.industrial-section { 
  background-color: #FFC107; /* Lighter yellow */
  color: #000000; /* Black text */
}

/* Hero section - ensure text is visible */
.hero-heading { color: #000000; } /* or ensure proper background */

/* Learn More buttons - darken to meet 4.5:1 */
.et_pb_promo_button { color: #C8431F; } /* Darker orange */

/* Footer text */
.footer-text { color: #CCCCCC; } /* Lighter gray */
```

**Estimated Hours:** 2 hours

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#### 2. MISSING FOCUS INDICATORS (WCAG 2.4.7 - Level AA)
**Severity:** HIGH - **HIGH LAWSUIT RISK**  
**Impact:** Keyboard users cannot see where they are on the page  
**Violations:** 20 out of 20 interactive elements lack visible focus indicators

**Affected Elements:**
- Skip navigation links (2)
- Logo link
- "Contact Us" button
- All navigation menu items (10+)
- "Learn More" buttons (3)
- Social media links
- Footer links

**Current State:** Elements receive focus but have no visible indicator (outline removed or invisible)

**Remediation:**
```css
/* Add visible focus indicators to all interactive elements */
a:focus, button:focus, input:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus {
  outline: 3px solid #0066CC; /* Blue outline */
  outline-offset: 2px;
}

/* Alternative: Use box-shadow for modern look */
a:focus, button:focus {
  outline: none;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(0, 102, 204, 0.5);
}

/* Ensure skip links are visible on focus */
.skip-link:focus {
  position: absolute;
  top: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  background: #000;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 10px;
  z-index: 9999;
  outline: 3px solid #fff;
}
```

**Estimated Hours:** 1 hour

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#### 3. LINK WITHOUT DISCERNIBLE TEXT (WCAG 2.4.4, 4.1.2 - Level A)
**Severity:** SERIOUS - **HIGH LAWSUIT RISK**  
**Impact:** Screen reader users cannot understand link purpose  
**Violations:** 1 link (Facebook icon)

**Element:** `.icon` (Facebook link in footer)

**Current State:** Link contains only an icon with no accessible text

**Remediation:**
```html
<!-- Current (inaccessible) -->
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/..." class="icon"></a>

<!-- Fixed (accessible) -->
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/..." class="icon" aria-label="Visit AMF Electric on Facebook">
  <span class="sr-only">Visit AMF Electric on Facebook</span>
</a>
```

**Estimated Hours:** 0.25 hours

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### Additional Findings

#### 4. SKIP NAVIGATION LINKS (WCAG 2.4.1 - Level A)
**Status:** PRESENT BUT ISSUES  
**Finding:** Two skip links exist but have contrast issues (see #1 above)

**Positive:** Skip links are implemented  
**Issue:** First skip link has insufficient contrast (2.55:1)

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#### 5. HEADING STRUCTURE (WCAG 1.3.1 - Level A)
**Status:** NOT FULLY ASSESSED  
**Note:** Requires manual review of heading hierarchy

**Recommendation:** Verify:
- Only one H1 per page
- No skipped heading levels (H1→H3)
- Headings accurately describe content

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#### 6. FORM ACCESSIBILITY (WCAG 3.3.2, 4.1.2 - Level A)
**Status:** NO FORMS FOUND ON HOMEPAGE  
**Note:** Contact page could not be assessed due to loading issues

**Critical:** Contact form MUST be tested when site performance is resolved

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## WCAG 2.1 LEVEL AA COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST

### Phase 1: Critical Legal Risk (HIGHEST LAWSUIT FREQUENCY)

| Criterion | Status | Severity | Notes |
|-----------|--------|----------|-------|
| 1.1.1 Non-text Content | ⚠️ PARTIAL | HIGH | Facebook icon link missing text |
| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) | ❌ FAIL | CRITICAL | 71 elements fail - see details above |
| 2.1.1 Keyboard | ✅ PASS | - | All elements keyboard accessible |
| 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value | ⚠️ PARTIAL | HIGH | Icon link missing accessible name |
| 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks | ⚠️ PARTIAL | MEDIUM | Skip links present but low contrast |
| 2.4.4 Link Purpose | ⚠️ PARTIAL | HIGH | Icon link unclear purpose |
| 1.3.1 Info and Relationships | ⏸️ INCOMPLETE | - | Requires manual review |
| 3.3.1 Error Identification | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No forms on homepage |
| 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No forms on homepage |
| 2.4.7 Focus Visible | ❌ FAIL | HIGH | 20/20 elements missing focus indicators |

### Phase 2: Moderate Legal Risk

| Criterion | Status | Severity | Notes |
|-----------|--------|----------|-------|
| 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No video on homepage |
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live) | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No live content |
| 1.2.5 Audio Description | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No video on homepage |
| 1.4.4 Resize Text | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | Requires zoom testing |
| 1.4.5 Images of Text | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | Requires OCR analysis |
| 2.4.2 Page Titled | ✅ PASS | - | Descriptive title present |
| 2.4.3 Focus Order | ✅ PASS | - | Logical tab order |
| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways | ⏸️ INCOMPLETE | - | Navigation present, search not verified |
| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels | ⏸️ INCOMPLETE | - | Requires manual review |
| 3.1.1 Language of Page | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | Requires HTML inspection |
| 3.1.2 Language of Parts | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | Requires content review |
| 3.2.1 On Focus | ✅ PASS | - | No context changes on focus |
| 3.2.2 On Input | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No forms on homepage |
| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | Requires multi-page testing |
| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | Requires multi-page testing |
| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No forms on homepage |
| 3.3.4 Error Prevention | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No forms on homepage |
| 4.1.3 Status Messages | ⏸️ NOT TESTED | - | No dynamic content observed |

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## PRIORITY REMEDIATION ROADMAP

### IMMEDIATE (Week 1) - Critical Blockers
**Total Estimated Hours: 20-28 hours**

1. **Fix Site Performance** (16-24 hours)
   - Server optimization
   - CDN implementation
   - Page load optimization
   - Enable access to all pages

2. **Fix Color Contrast** (2 hours)
   - Navigation menu colors
   - Hero section text
   - Industrial section colors
   - Button colors
   - Footer text

3. **Add Focus Indicators** (1 hour)
   - All interactive elements
   - Skip links
   - Buttons and links

4. **Fix Icon Link** (0.25 hours)
   - Add aria-label to Facebook link

### HIGH PRIORITY (Week 2) - Complete Assessment
**Total Estimated Hours: 8-12 hours**

5. **Test All Pages** (4-6 hours)
   - Once site performance is fixed
   - Residential services page
   - Commercial services page
   - Industrial services page
   - Contact page (including form)
   - Blog page
   - Project pages

6. **Form Accessibility** (2-4 hours)
   - Contact form labels
   - Error messages
   - Required field indicators
   - Keyboard accessibility

7. **Additional Testing** (2 hours)
   - Zoom/resize testing (WCAG 1.4.4)
   - Responsive design (WCAG 1.4.10)
   - Heading structure review
   - Language attributes

### MEDIUM PRIORITY (Week 3-4)
**Total Estimated Hours: 4-6 hours**

8. **Cross-Page Consistency** (2 hours)
   - Navigation consistency
   - Landmark structure
   - Heading patterns

9. **Media Accessibility** (2-4 hours)
   - If videos exist: add captions
   - If videos exist: add audio descriptions
   - Test autoplay behavior

10. **Documentation** (1 hour)
    - Accessibility statement
    - VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)
    - Remediation tracking

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## LEGAL RISK ASSESSMENT

### Current Risk Level: **HIGH**

**Factors Contributing to High Risk:**

1. **Site Unavailability** - Multiple pages inaccessible (potential ADA Title III violation)
2. **Color Contrast** - 71 violations (most common lawsuit trigger)
3. **Focus Indicators** - 20 violations (frequent lawsuit basis)
4. **Icon Links** - Missing accessible names (screen reader incompatibility)

### Lawsuit Vulnerability:

| Issue | Lawsuit Frequency | Current Status | Risk Level |
|-------|-------------------|----------------|------------|
| Site Performance/Availability | HIGH | CRITICAL FAILURE | 🔴 CRITICAL |
| Color Contrast | HIGHEST | 71 VIOLATIONS | 🔴 CRITICAL |
| Keyboard Focus Indicators | HIGH | 20 VIOLATIONS | 🔴 HIGH |
| Missing Link Text | HIGH | 1 VIOLATION | 🟡 MEDIUM |
| Form Accessibility | HIGH | NOT TESTED | 🟡 MEDIUM |

### Recommended Actions:
1. **Immediate:** Fix site performance to enable access
2. **Week 1:** Address all color contrast and focus indicator issues
3. **Week 2:** Complete full site assessment and fix remaining issues
4. **Week 3:** Implement ongoing monitoring and testing

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## TESTING METHODOLOGY

### Tools Used:
- **Chromium Browser** with DevTools
- **Axe-core v4.8.0** - Automated WCAG testing
- **Cremote MCP Tools** - Comprehensive accessibility suite
  - `web_page_accessibility_report_cremotemcp` - Token-efficient assessment
  - `web_contrast_check_cremotemcp` - Color contrast analysis
  - `web_keyboard_test_cremotemcp` - Keyboard navigation testing
  - `get_accessibility_tree_cremotemcp` - ARIA and semantic structure
  - `web_screenshot_cremotemcp` - Visual documentation

### Testing Environment:
- **Browser:** Chromium (container-based)
- **Date:** October 7, 2025
- **Network:** Standard broadband connection
- **Viewport:** Desktop (1920x1080)

### Limitations:
- **Site Performance:** Prevented testing of most pages
- **Manual Testing:** Not performed (automated only)
- **Assistive Technology:** Not tested with screen readers
- **Mobile Testing:** Not performed
- **Cross-Browser:** Only Chromium tested

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## RECOMMENDATIONS

### Immediate Actions:
1. ✅ **Engage web hosting/performance specialist** to resolve site availability
2. ✅ **Implement CSS fixes** for contrast and focus indicators (4 hours)
3. ✅ **Add aria-label** to icon link (15 minutes)
4. ✅ **Schedule follow-up assessment** once site is accessible

### Long-Term Strategy:
1. **Implement automated testing** in CI/CD pipeline
2. **Train development team** on WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
3. **Establish accessibility review** process for new features
4. **Create accessibility statement** for website
5. **Schedule quarterly audits** to maintain compliance

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## APPENDICES

### Appendix A: Screenshot Evidence
- ✅ Homepage full-page screenshot: `screenshots/homepage-full.png`
- ❌ Other pages: Not captured due to loading failures

### Appendix B: Detailed Test Results
See individual tool outputs in assessment session logs.

### Appendix C: Resources
- WCAG 2.1 Guidelines: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/
- Axe-core Rules: https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/develop/doc/rule-descriptions.md
- WebAIM Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
- Color Contrast Analyzer: https://www.tpgi.com/color-contrast-checker/

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## CONCLUSION

The AMF Electric website has **significant accessibility barriers** that require immediate attention. The most critical issue is **site performance and availability**, which prevented comprehensive testing of most pages. 

Of the content that could be assessed (homepage only), **71 color contrast violations** and **20 missing focus indicators** represent high legal risk and must be remediated immediately.

**Estimated Total Remediation Time:** 32-46 hours
- Critical fixes: 20-28 hours
- Complete assessment: 8-12 hours  
- Additional improvements: 4-6 hours

**Next Steps:**
1. Fix site performance issues (CRITICAL)
2. Implement contrast and focus indicator fixes
3. Re-assess all pages once accessible
4. Complete form accessibility testing
5. Implement ongoing monitoring

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**Report Prepared By:** Automated Accessibility Assessment System  
**Assessment Tool:** Cremote MCP Accessibility Suite  
**Standard:** WCAG 2.1 Level AA  
**Date:** October 7, 2025

**DISCLAIMER:** This automated assessment identifies technical violations but does not replace manual testing with assistive technologies or legal review. Consult with accessibility specialists and legal counsel for comprehensive compliance verification.

