Accessibility
PerfLeaf runs an automated accessibility scan on every page it crawls, detecting violations against WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards.
What’s measured
Section titled “What’s measured”The accessibility scan checks for common violations including:
- Missing or empty
altattributes on images - Form inputs without associated labels
- Insufficient colour contrast
- Missing landmark regions (
<main>,<nav>, etc.) - Incorrect heading hierarchy
- Missing ARIA attributes
- Keyboard navigation issues
Report view
Section titled “Report view”Site-level (report overview)
Section titled “Site-level (report overview)”The Accessibility Overview card shows:
- Total accessibility issues — sum across all crawled pages
- Average issues per page — total ÷ number of pages
Page-level
Section titled “Page-level”The page report shows the number of violations found on that specific URL.
Scoring
Section titled “Scoring”Accessibility is one of the six Performance Score categories. The grade is based on the total violation count:
- A — zero violations
- Lower grades as violation counts increase
Acting on accessibility issues
Section titled “Acting on accessibility issues”- Identify the pages with the highest violation counts via the Page Leaderboard.
- Open the Page Report for those pages.
- Use AI Suggestions to get prioritised fixes.