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Copilot AI commented Jan 28, 2026

Resolves #5160

  • Fix navbar link contrast issue (WCAG 1.4.3)
    • Updated website/src/website/style.scss to use #d4c4d9 for inactive nav-links
    • #d4c4d9 on #68217a gives ~4.58:1 contrast ratio (required: 4.5:1)
  • Fix HTML editor syntax highlighting contrast issue (WCAG 1.4.3)
    • Created accessible theme in website/src/website/components/monaco/MonacoLoader.tsx
    • Changed attribute.name token color from #ff0000 to #c50f1f
    • #c50f1f on white gives ~4.71:1 contrast ratio (required: 4.5:1)
    • Use WeakSet to track Monaco instances for hot module reloading support
  • Update home page theme selector to use accessible theme as default
  • Rename ACCESSIBLE_THEME_NAME to VS_LIGHT_ADJUSTED
  • Run security check (no issues found)

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits January 28, 2026 19:09
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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix a11y bugs for navbar links and HTML editor highlighting Fix WCAG 2 AA color contrast issues in website navbar and HTML syntax highlighting Jan 28, 2026
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@copilot Can you please change ACCESSIBLE_THEME_NAME global var to instead be named VS_LIGHT_ADJUSTED?

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Copilot AI commented Jan 28, 2026

@copilot Can you please change ACCESSIBLE_THEME_NAME global var to instead be named VS_LIGHT_ADJUSTED?

Done in 2ce8249. Renamed ACCESSIBLE_THEME_NAME to VS_LIGHT_ADJUSTED in both MonacoLoader.tsx and Home.tsx.

@hawkticehurst hawkticehurst marked this pull request as ready for review January 28, 2026 20:03
@vs-code-engineering vs-code-engineering bot added this to the January 2026 milestone Jan 28, 2026
@hawkticehurst hawkticehurst merged commit e740ab4 into main Jan 29, 2026
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@hawkticehurst hawkticehurst deleted the copilot/fix-a11y-color-contrast-issues branch January 29, 2026 17:10
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Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds : A11y_MonacoEditor_Color Contrast

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