Category: WCAG Principles and Conformance
Level A (compliance)
Simply put
This is the minimum level of compliance to the WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Level A Minimal compliance. This level defines the lowest or minimum level of accessibility. Websites that do not at least meet Level A are impossible or exceedingly difficult for people with disabilities to use.
Why it matters
In May 1999, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 were established.
A first step in establishing guidelines for accessibility on the web, WCAG 1.0 focused mainly on HTML.
This edition of the WCAG included the conformance levels that we are still familiar with today: A, AA, and AAA.
Websites that do not at least meet WCAG 2.0 A are impossible or exceedingly difficult for people with disabilities to use.
Best practices
The minimum level of web accessibility compliance.