Reference · WCAG 2.2 A and AA
The WCAG 2.2 AA checklist, in plain language
All 55 success criteria at level A and AA — the technical benchmark EN 301 549 points at, and therefore what the BFSG and the European Accessibility Act are measured against. Each one gets a page: what it asks for, how it fails in practice, how to fix it, and how much of it a scanner can honestly decide.
- Level A and AA, WCAG 2.0 through 2.2
- EN 301 549 clause on every criterion
- Says where automation stops
What the badges mean
- Automated A failure is reliably detectable.
- Partly automated Some failures are detectable, others need judgement.
- Manual only No automated check says anything useful.
What each badge means in full
- Automated
- A tool can decide this one. A failure is a measurable fact, and finding none is real evidence rather than an absence of looking — which makes this one of the few criteria where a clean automated result means something on its own.
- Partly automated
- A tool finds some failures here and cannot see the rest. A clean automated result means the checks that exist found nothing — not that the criterion is met. This is the gap that makes a green scan look like an accessible site, and it is where the keyboard agent, the agents still in development and a human reviewer do the remaining work.
- Manual only
- Nothing automatic decides this. A scanner that reports it as passing is reporting that it did not look. It stays untested until a person tests it and records what they did — which is exactly how we treat it: as untested, not as passed.
20 success criteria
Perceivable
- 1.1.1 Non-text Content
- 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)
- 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)
- 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative
- 1.2.4 Captions (Live)
- 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)
- 1.3.1 Info and Relationships
- 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence
- 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics
- 1.3.4 Orientation
- 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose
- 1.4.1 Use of Color
- 1.4.2 Audio Control
- 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
- 1.4.4 Resize Text
- 1.4.5 Images of Text
- 1.4.10 Reflow
- 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast
- 1.4.12 Text Spacing
- 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus
20 success criteria
Operable
- 2.1.1 Keyboard
- 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap
- 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts
- 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable
- 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide
- 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold
- 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
- 2.4.2 Page Titled
- 2.4.3 Focus Order
- 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)
- 2.4.5 Multiple Ways
- 2.4.6 Headings and Labels
- 2.4.7 Focus Visible
- 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)
- 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures
- 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation
- 2.5.3 Label in Name
- 2.5.4 Motion Actuation
- 2.5.7 Dragging Movements
- 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)
13 success criteria
Understandable
- 3.1.1 Language of Page
- 3.1.2 Language of Parts
- 3.2.1 On Focus
- 3.2.2 On Input
- 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation
- 3.2.4 Consistent Identification
- 3.2.6 Consistent Help
- 3.3.1 Error Identification
- 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions
- 3.3.3 Error Suggestion
- 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)
- 3.3.7 Redundant Entry
- 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum)
2 success criteria
Robust
Further reading
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Guides
Practical guides to the EAA and Germany's BFSG, WCAG 2.2 and accessibility testing – sourced, with code, and honest about what automation can't do.
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Glossary
Terms from WCAG, the European Accessibility Act, accessible code and assistive technology – defined briefly, with sources.
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Methodology
How Reviseberg tests: axe-core rules, a keyboard agent, a status for every WCAG criterion, how the score is calculated, and where automation stops.
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Free website accessibility checker for WCAG 2.2
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Rules
What each rule in a Reviseberg report checks, and how to fix it.
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