Tools and Resources

Accessibility Standards

• City and County of San Francisco Digital Accessibility and Inclusion Standards

• WCAG 2.1 Standards

Color Contrast Checkers

• Color contrast checker - background and foreground

• Link contrast checker

Color Blindness Filter

Use this filter to test web pages for color blindness

• Color blindness filter

Accessible PDFs - Adobe Acrobat Pro and Microsoft Word

• Step by step guide on how to create accessible PDF documents

• How to make your Microsoft Word document accessible by Microsoft:

• How to create and verify accessible PDFs by Adobe:

• How to create accessible forms inside Adobe:

• How to create and repair tables inside Adobe:

• How to use the accessibility checker by Adobe:

• How to repair or remediate old PDFs by Adobe:

Accessibility Testing Tools

• WAVE by WebAim

• SortSite by Powermapper

• Screen Reader Testing Guide

• Mobile Testing Guide

• Keyboard Testing Guide

• Deque axeMonitor

• Adobe Acrobat Pro

• Hemingway

Writing Effective ALT Text for Images

• Writing effective alternative description for images