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Hi there!
Good news! You can now use theme color contrast to make sure that text or icons that appear on top of a theme color meet contrast guidelines automatically.
To use this new feature, simply go to the Theme tab, select Colors and choose one of the following options:
- Auto: Turns text and meaningful graphics to black or white automatically depending on your accent color to meet the minimum accessibility contrast requirements.
- Dark: Turns text and meaningful graphics to black.
- Light: Turns text and meaningful graphics to white.
Once you’ve given it a try, we’d love to hear what you think!
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Hi Joyce, great question!
The button text color in a Button Block is always white, but you can change the color of the button itself.
Thanks for your answer Alyssa.
Well... I know what I need to do ;)
If someone reading this agree with me, can you please take some time to fill a feature request? https://articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request
You cant change the button text color?! Huh? That's so weird.
Has this been updated? I don't see a way to change the color of button text but this is something that would be very helpful for accessibility.
Buttons in Rise with white text fail the WCAG color contrast at AA and AAA for normal and large text when it is white text on bright and even some dark colors.
I have a whole theme designed and the color with black print that I am using passes all of the WCAG contrast standards but white text on the same color fails all of them. See the images attached, they are from the WebAIM Contrast Checker.
Guess I should have started by checking the buttons. If I could change the button text to black it would pass and save me time that I now have to use to rework my design with a color that will pass.
Are there any other ways to make this work?
Hi Mary!
I can understand how white text on a button would be an accessibility issue, especially depending on the button's color. While there isn't a way to change the button text color or formatting right now, I will certainly bring this up with our Product team. I'll send you an update if we make adjustments that will help you!
Thanks!
Hi! I wanted to see if there was any update on this discussion of being able to change the font color on a button. The only option being white is very limiting, as it is nearly impossible to see on many theme colors. Thank you!
We haven't made any updates to button font color yet. I appreciate your feedback and thanks for checking in!
I am struggling with this issue, too. I have default CI-colours in a rise-project, and it would be really nice to change the font colour in buttons for more contrast.
I noticed Rise UI text changes it's contrast based on the base colour selection but sadly have no feature for content developer to do the same.
I have logged a feature request for this to be amended as it is a huge oversight in good design development I feel. If you agree perhaps you would also add your weight to the situation and raise a feature request for this also!
Agreed! A huge issue for making an accessible course.
I've submitted a feature request as well. This is a huge issue for us in developing our courses.
Is there any update on this?
Hi Jacquie,
Text Contrast Controls
Instantly ensure training content meets accessible color handling requirements for learners with low vision. Enhance course navigation buttons, cover pages, and headers so that light text automatically appears on dark colors and vice versa.
In development
See https://articulate.com/support/article/Articulate-360-Feature-Roadmap
I'm experiencing the opposite problem to white text on a button! I want the text to be white, and previously in this course it has displayed as white. Now it has somehow switched to black and I have no idea what is going on. The text in other elements such as the Continue button is still displaying as white within the same course. I've checked for any settings in the Theme and have tried each of the Auto, Dark and Light settings, with no luck. I am stumped....any ideas?
Hi Megan! Thanks for sharing the screenshot. Are you still encountering this?
If this is still happening, please open a case with us here so that one of our technical support engineers can help you troubleshoot.
Dear Gren,
Our corporate colour is #F5F1E9, even setting to 'dark' doesn't help which makes this feature unusable - can something be done please?
Kind regards,
Richard
Hi Richard!
Thanks for sharing these details. Sorry to hear that setting the Theme Color and the contrast to Dark doesn't seem to work on your end.
I tried using #F5F1E9 as the theme Color, and set the contrast to Dark. The screenshot below shows the light color in sand/beige and the Dark (black) text color.
Do you get a different result when using this color and contrast? Can you share some screenshots showing these settings on your end so we may investigate further? Thank you!
I am encountering the same issue as @Megan Barrett. I have a course I've been working on where the button color is set to dark blue and the text used to be white - now it's suddenly black and I cannot change it.
I already have the theme contrast set to auto but there is no way this color contrast is accessible.
Is there a fix for this? We've been working on this file for months and the buttons USED to be white. We did nothing to change them.
Hi Kristi,
If you're still seeing this issue, could you try refreshing the page and confirm if the buttons are still black? You can also try clearing your browser cache.
Please let me know if you're still seeing the issue after trying these, and we'd be more than happy to take a closer look!
I get the same problem. It happens on both Edge and Chrome.
Hi Steve!
Can you confirm if you are still experiencing this after following Lea's suggestion? If you still are I'd recommend to submit a support case so we can investigate further.
Regards,
Marvie