1.3.3: Sensory Characteristics [A]

Description Sufficient Techniques Advisory Techniques Failures Notes

Description

Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, color, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.

Sufficient Techniques

Sufficient Techniques for Success Criterion 1.3.3

Note: Other techniques may also be sufficient if they meet the success criterion. See Understanding Techniques.

• G96: Providing textual identification of items that otherwise rely only on sensory information to be understood

Advisory Techniques

Advisory Techniques for Success Criterion 1.3.6

• Enabling user agents to find the version of the content that best fits their needs
• Using semantics to identify important features (e.g., coga-simplification="simplest")
• Using aria-invalid and aria-required

Failures

Failures for Success Criterion 1.3.3

• F14: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.3 due to identifying content only by its shape or location
• F26: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.3 due to using a graphical symbol alone to convey information

Notes