ACCESSIBILITY

OUR COMMITMENT

Kadence targets WCAG 2.2 Level AA across kadence.life (marketing), app.kadence.life (the product), and the published Android and iOS builds. This is a running commitment, not a one-time badge. We treat a11y regressions as first-class defects and gate them in CI.

WHAT WORKS TODAY

• —Every interactive control routes through a primitive (Button, IconButton, Input, Select, Toggle) with a 44×44 touch floor and visible focus outline.
• —Semantic HTML with proper landmarks (<main>, <nav>, <footer>) on every route.
• —Keyboard navigation for all primary flows, including modal focus trapping and skip-to-content shortcut on marketing pages.
• —Reduced-motion preference honored: animations collapse to near- instant transitions when prefers-reduced-motion: reduce is set.
• —Reduced-transparency fallback: glass panels become solid surfaces for users who request it.
• —Light + dark mode; all text meets WCAG contrast against the chosen theme's canvas.
• —Form inputs carry labels or an explicit aria-label. Errors are wired via aria-describedby.
• —Axe-core regression sweeps run on every pull request across the marketing routes.

KNOWN GAPS

We track accessibility work in our backlog under BKL-FE-A11Y-*. The open items:

• —Screen-reader announcements for live-updating regions (focus timer countdown, score refresh) are partial. Planned: full aria-live coverage in the next sprint.
• —Waterfall timeline drag-to-reschedule is mouse + touch only today. Keyboard-driven reschedule is a tracked backlog item.
• —A small number of SVG illustrations on the marketing site lack alternate text; they are decorative, but explicit role="img" with an empty alt is preferred and is being added.
• —Full VoiceOver + TalkBack audits on the native builds are in progress for the Wave 1 launch window.

CONTACT

Trouble using Kadence with assistive technology? We want to hear about it. Specific steps beat general complaints, but all feedback is welcome.