ButtonBuddy
Learn about accessible button contrast & generate a palette
ButtonBuddy launched on January 11, 2021 with 6 votes, #1,262 of 3,157 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
What it does
Learn what it takes to ensure your buttons or button-styled links have accessible contrast across all states and surfaces, then use the generator to check and adjust your button palette.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) determine accessible contrast and provide a ratio system to be able to check contrast consistently and programmatically. We're frequently most concerned about contrast in the following categories: text and user interface components . Buttons count as a user interface component, whether they are really <button> elements, or links styled as buttons ( learn the difference ). Since buttons are interactive elements, we need to be concerned about contrast across states. The critical states are the default appearance and the focus state. In the focus state , we have these same requirements, plus one additional if you choose to only rely on the…from buttonbuddy.dev
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