What WCAG 2.2 AA covers

Definition

WCAG 2.2 is a W3C technical standard for web accessibility. Level AA conformance requires meeting the applicable Level A and Level AA success criteria within the stated assessment scope.

When this is relevant

• A law, procurement requirement or contract may identify a particular WCAG version and level. Confirm the requirement for your project before defining the assessment scope.

Why it matters

WCAG provides testable criteria for evaluating accessibility. An assessment should state its scope, methods, findings and date so the result can be understood and reviewed.

Requirements

• Perceivable: text alternatives for images, captions for media, structure that survives when styling is removed, and enough contrast to read.
• Operable: everything reachable by keyboard, enough time to complete tasks, no content that flashes at rates known to trigger seizures, and a visible indication of focus.
• Understandable: predictable navigation, labeled inputs, and errors that explain how to fix them.
• Robust: markup that assistive technology can interpret, including names, roles and values for anything interactive.
• WCAG 2.2 adds criteria including focus visibility, dragging alternatives, target size, consistent help, redundant entry and accessible authentication. The required conformance level depends on the criterion.

Steadwatch's role

• Components provide reusable accessibility behavior, which is checked again in the context of the completed page.
• Automated accessibility checks before publication, quarterly manual review and a dated record of findings.
• Contrast is checked for each declared color pairing against success criteria 1.4.3 and 1.4.11: 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for interface boundaries.

Records you receive

• A dated monthly record naming every route tested and every finding.
• An accessibility statement naming the standard and the level, with known gaps listed.

Your responsibilities

• Content you add outside the platform: PDFs, third-party embeds, or a booking widget somebody dropped into a page.
• Judgment calls automation cannot make, such as whether alternative text describes what the image is actually for.