Accessibility Conformance Report for GitHub Innovation Graph

Report Date

This report was last updated on February 12, 2026.

Product Description

The GitHub Innovation Graph is a public data resource provided by GitHub that aggregates and visualizes key metrics related to public software development activity on its platform.

Contact Information

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Scope

The scope of this report is limited to navigating the content on the GitHub Innovation Graph site.

Evaluation Methods Used

Scenarios were tested using:

  • Keyboard-only interactions
  • JAWS and NVDA with Google Chrome
  • axe
  • Colour Contrast Analyzer
  • Platform features such as high contrast and zoom

Applicable Standards/Guidelines

This report reflects outstanding issues found by an audit based on the level A and AA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (WCAG 2.2 AA).

Terms

  • Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
  • Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
  • Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
  • Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
  • Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion.

WCAG 2.2

Level A Success Criteria

Success Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content

Supports
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)

Supports
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)

Supports
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative

Supports
1.3.1 Info and Relationships

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph2.1] Screen reader is not announcing the associative information
  • [GHInnovaGraph2.1] Screen reader does not announce the total count and position information for list items
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence

Supports
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics

Supports
1.4.1 Use of Color

Supports
1.4.2 Audio Control

Supports
2.1.1 Keyboard

Supports
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap

Supports
2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts

Supports
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable

Supports
2.2.2 Pause Stop Hide

Supports
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold

Supports
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks

Supports
2.4.2 Page Titled

Supports
2.4.3 Focus Order

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph1.1] Keyboard focus does not retain on the triggered control
  • [GHInnovaGraph2.4] [GitHub Innovation Graph-Economies] The keyboard focus is not sync with the page scrolling.
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)

Supports
2.5.1 Pointer Gestures

Supports
2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation

Supports
2.5.3 Label in Name

Supports
2.5.4 Motion Actuation

Supports
3.1.1 Language of Page

Supports
3.2.1 On Focus

Supports
3.2.2 On Input

Supports
3.2.6 Consistent Help

Supports
3.3.1 Error Identification

Supports
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions

Supports
3.3.7 Redundant Entry

Supports
4.1.2 Name Role Value

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph5.1] [GitHub Innovation Graph-Header] The screen reader does not announce selected state information for the 'Hide all series' and 'Show all series' controls.
  • [GHInnovaGraph1.1] [GitHub Innovation Graph-Header] The screen reader does not announce the current state of the 'Economies' control in the navigation region.

Level AA Success Criteria

Success Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live)

Supports
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Supports
1.3.4 Orientation

Supports
1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose

Supports
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)

Supports
1.4.4 Resize text

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph5.1] [GitHub Innovation Graph-Git pushes] Upon resizing page to 200% zoom, Horizontal scroll bar appears upon activating the 'hamburger menu' button.
1.4.5 Images of Text

Supports
1.4.10 Reflow

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph1.2] On setting the viewport to 320*256 px, content is disappearing
  • [GHInnovaGraph5.1] [GitHub Innovation Graph-Git pushes] Horizontal scroll bar appears upon activating the 'hamburger menu' button when the viewport is adjusted to 320*256 pixels and page zoom is set to 200%.
1.4.11 Non-text Contrast

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph2.10] [GitHub Innovation Graph-Economies] The luminosity ratio for borderline of checkbox -'Combine EU member states' is 2.7:1, which is less than the required contrast ratio 3:1.
1.4.12 Text-spacing

Supports
1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus

Supports
2.4.5 Multiple Ways

Supports
2.4.6 Headings and Labels

Supports
2.4.7 Focus Visible

Supports
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHInnovaGraph2.4]Graph points are not visible with keyboard focus
2.5.7 Dragging Movements

Supports
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)

Supports
3.1.2 Language of Parts

Supports
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation

Supports
3.2.4 Consistent Identification

Supports
3.3.3 Error Suggestion

Supports
3.3.4 Error Prevention (LFD)

Supports
3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum)

Supports
4.1.3 Status Messages

Supports

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