WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editors’ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.
exploratoryRequirement
Background Adjustable
Group: user-control • Guideline: control-text
Summary in Plain English
An exploratory requirement: patterns, designs and images behind text are avoided, or the user can remove them.
Why It Matters
Texture behind text lowers effective contrast unpredictably and makes letter shapes harder to resolve, particularly for people with low vision or dyslexia.
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Test Procedure from the W3C Draft
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W3C Working Group Status
W3C Maturity Status:exploratory
Track / Group:user-control
The draft records no open editors' notes on this provision.
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