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Professional practice · Competent · Lesson 34 of 99 · 8 min video, then about 4 hours of practice
Accessibility: WCAG in practice
After this you can design to WCAG AA (contrast, target size, focus order, labels, motion) and explain why an inaccessible design is a defect rather than a preference.
Why it matters
Accessibility is a legal requirement in most markets and an ordinary quality bar in good teams, and it is one of the fastest ways for a junior portfolio to stand out because so few show it. Get concrete: 4.5:1 contrast for body text and 3:1 for large text and UI components, targets large enough to hit, a sensible focus order, labels that are not placeholder text, never colour alone to carry meaning, and respect for reduced-motion. Check contrast as you choose colours, not at the end. Trap: treating accessibility as a screen-reader problem for engineers. Most of the failures originate in design decisions.
How to use this resource
Compresses the designer-relevant parts of WCAG into eight minutes without dumbing them down. Start here, then use the W3C reference for specifics.