Search tool text result colors don't meet wcag. Results panel bg needs changing to "Body Background Color"

Question

We are setting up a new Hub and Open Data site to go live next week.

During UAT one of our users noticed that the search results were not readable due to dark text on a dark background.

It looks to be a combination of "Global Nav Background Color" and "Body Text Color"

Ideally this drop down results panel should have the same background as the "Body Background Color" instead of "Global Nav Background Colour"

See screenshot

To be clear, it is not the Global Nav bar that is the issue, its the results panel underneath.

Please get in touch if I can provide any more information

Regards

Melissa Brooks

Senior Geospatial Systems Specialist

Tasman District Council

New Zealand

SamanthaHunter · Answer

@MelissaBrooks Can you confirm if you are still observing this issue. The team released an update that should have resolved the theme color issues with the autosuggest menu (assuming that the site's branding colors pass contrast.) Let us know!

JustinPrather · Answer

> the lighter gray headings in that dropdown space as well, I couldn't find where those were being defined

Correct. This gray text in the auto-suggest menu is not configurable.

We've logged a bug internally to investigate and repair.

MelissaBrooks · Answer

Nice one, thanks Justin,

Yes, it was a bit weird, even if we bring it back to:

nav text with nav background

or

body text with body background

etc.. something to pair up the combination

But, as a side note, it might be worth mentioning the lighter gray headings in that dropdown space as well, I couldn't find where those were being defined.. they might not have a configurable attribute in the Theme tab yet.

Appreciate the swift response!