We target WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance and audit against it on every release. This page records the standard, the known limitations, and the route for reporting an accessibility issue.
Last updated: 18 July 2026Last reviewed: 11 May 2026
FuelCrisis.com.au targets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA conformance. This is a target and an internal self-assessment, not a formal WCAG conformance claim: on each release we test the critical user tasks (reading dashboards, expanding tables, completing the fuel savings calculator) for keyboard, screen reader, and pointer operability against the AA contrast, target-size, and language-of-page requirements.
We say "target" rather than claim conformance because that is the honest framing: a small number of known limitations remain (documented below), no external audit has been commissioned yet, and the content surface keeps growing. We treat any new accessibility regression as a release-blocking bug.
The site ships in a light theme by default and offers an opt-in dark theme, switched from the toggle in the navigation bar; your choice is remembered between visits. Both themes are built on the same status palette, and both meet the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast thresholds: every text and status colour clears the 4.5 to 1 ratio for body text on its background, verified token by token against both the light canvas and the dark canvas.
We also honour your system and browser preferences. The active theme sets the CSS colour-scheme so native controls and form fields match it, reduced-motion preferences are respected (animation and transitions are neutralised when you ask for less motion), and high-contrast or forced-colour modes set at the operating-system level continue to apply on top of either theme.
Every release ships through an internal 13-pass audit charter that includes a dedicated mobile and accessibility surface pass (Pass 10). The audit verifies:
aria-hidden="true"; informative icons carry an accessible name (WCAG 1.1.1).aria-expanded, aria-label, or visible labels (WCAG 4.1.2).lang="en-AU" (WCAG 3.1.1).These checks run as part of our internal release process, and accessibility follow-up items are tracked in the same ticket system as any other defect (the ticket IDs on this page are real and stable). We do not currently publish per-release audit reports; if that changes, this page will link to them.
We disclose accessibility limitations as we find them rather than waiting for an audit to surface them. The current open items:
If you encounter an accessibility barrier that is not listed above, the contact route below is the fastest way to surface it.
Email info@fuelcrisis.com.au with:
We acknowledge every accessibility email within 2 business days and respond substantively within 10 business days. Severe barriers (a critical user task cannot be completed by keyboard or screen reader) are treated as release-blocking and triaged the same day where possible.
If the issue concerns the editorial content rather than the interface, please use the corrections route instead.
If you need any dataset published on the site in a structured format (JSON, CSV, XLSX, or another format) for assistive technology reasons, email info@fuelcrisis.com.au and we will provide it within five business days at no charge. A commercial API is in development.
This statement is reviewed at each release where the audit surface materially changes (new page, new interactive component, new framework version). Between formal reviews, the standing 13-pass audit covers the accessibility dimensions listed above on every ship.
The full editorial review cadence and audit methodology are documented on /editorial-standards.