Accessibility Standards

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2

The current stable web accessibility standard published by the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG). WCAG 2.2 comprises 13 guidelines organized under four principles (perceivable, operable, understandable, robust) with success criteria at three levels: A, AA, and AAA. It has been adopted as ISO/IEC 40500:2025 and is referenced by Section 508 and the EU Accessibility Act.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
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Documentation
WCAG 2.2 Quick Reference

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/w3c/wcag

Examples

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Example
WCAG Success Criterion Example
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Example
WCAG Conformance Report Example

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
WCAG Success Criterion Schema
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JSONSchema
WCAG Conformance Report Schema
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JSONStructure
WCAG Success Criterion Structure
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JSONStructure
WCAG Conformance Report Structure

Other Resources

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Specification
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
description: 'The current stable web accessibility standard published by the W3C Accessibility Guidelines
  Working Group (AG WG). WCAG 2.2 comprises 13 guidelines organized under four principles (perceivable,
  operable, understandable, robust) with success criteria at three levels: A, AA, and AAA. It has been
  adopted as ISO/IEC 40500:2025 and is referenced by Section 508 and the EU Accessibility Act.'
humanURL: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
baseURL: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/
tags:
- WCAG
- Web Content
- Accessibility
- W3C
- ISO
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/
  title: WCAG 2.2 Quick Reference
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/w3c/wcag
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accessibility-standards/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wcag-success-criterion-schema.json
  title: WCAG Success Criterion Schema
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accessibility-standards/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wcag-conformance-report-schema.json
  title: WCAG Conformance Report Schema
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accessibility-standards/refs/heads/main/json-structure/wcag-success-criterion-structure.json
  title: WCAG Success Criterion Structure
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accessibility-standards/refs/heads/main/json-structure/wcag-conformance-report-structure.json
  title: WCAG Conformance Report Structure
- type: Example
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accessibility-standards/refs/heads/main/examples/wcag-success-criterion-example.json
  title: WCAG Success Criterion Example
- type: Example
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accessibility-standards/refs/heads/main/examples/wcag-conformance-report-example.json
  title: WCAG Conformance Report Example