Accessibility
A shop built around colour has an obvious problem to solve. This page says what we have done about it, and what is still not good enough.
Last updated 13 August 2026
The standard we build to
This site targets WCAG 2.1 level AA. That is the benchmark referenced by the EU Web Accessibility Directive and the European Accessibility Act.
Colour is never the only signal
This is the one that matters most here. Everywhere a colour appears as information, the same information is also in words:
- Every colour swatch is accompanied by its written colour name — Amber, Glass Green, Misty Rose, Smoke, Sea, Plum. The swatch is decoration on top of the name, never a replacement for it.
- How a piece was coloured is a written label (through-coloured, surface-coated, hand-painted), not a visual code.
- Each of the four light references carries a written name and a written description of the light — “Evening lamp: one small table lamp at night, about 2200 K” — so the comparison does not depend on being able to see the difference.
- Safety notices are text. Their background tint is supporting, and each one reads correctly with all colour removed.
Contrast
- Body text is #14231D on #FBF8F3 — a ratio of about 15.4:1, far above the 4.5:1 required.
- Secondary text sits at about 7.6:1. The lightest label colour is #5A6B63, which is about 5.3:1 on the main background and 4.6:1 on the tinted policy-page background — the value was chosen from the worse of the two, not the better.
- The primary call to action is paper on ink at about 15.4:1, comfortably past the 7:1 we set ourselves for it.
- The ambient colour washes in the background are kept at low opacity and are positioned so they never sit behind body copy at a strength that would change its measured ratio.
Motion
The background washes drift slowly and the cast colour shifts as you scroll. If your system is set to reduce motion, all of that stops — the animation is disabled, the parallax offset is dropped and smooth scrolling is turned off. Nothing changes colour or opacity when motion stops, so contrast is identical either way.
The one video on the site is muted, loops, and carries a text description of what it shows.
Structure, keyboard and assistive technology
- A skip link is the first thing in the tab order.
- Everything interactive is reachable and operable by keyboard, and the focus indicator is a 3 px outline that is never removed.
- The light selectors and colour selectors are real buttons with
aria-pressed, so their state is announced. - Form fields have real labels, errors are announced with
role="alert"and are tied to their field, and required fields are marked in text as well as with an asterisk. - Adding to the bag announces itself in a polite live region rather than moving focus.
- Headings run in order, landmarks are used for navigation, main and footer, and page language is set.
Images
Every photograph has alternative text that describes what is happening in it, not just what is in it — including where the light is coming from and where the colour lands, because that is the content. Decorative elements are hidden from assistive technology entirely.
The frosted glass panels used across the site sit on a 92% opaque background, so text on them has a fixed, measurable contrast ratio. If your browser does not support the blur, they fall back to a solid panel rather than becoming transparent.
Where we are not there yet
Stated honestly rather than omitted:
- The site is in English only. Danish consumers are reading their own consumer rights in a second language, which is not ideal.
- The delivery and privacy tables scroll sideways on a narrow screen. They are marked up as real tables and read correctly, but the horizontal scroll is awkward.
- The four-light comparison is inherently visual. The written descriptions carry the information, but they are not a full substitute for seeing it.
- We have tested with keyboard navigation and automated tooling. We have not yet completed testing with a screen reader user rather than a screen reader.
Tell us about a barrier
If something here does not work for you, write to support@studioabout.shop or call +45 29471635. Describe what you were trying to do and what got in the way; you do not need to know why it happened.
We reply within five working days and will tell you either when it will be fixed or how to do the thing another way in the meantime. If you would rather order by telephone or email, we will take the order that way.
If you are not satisfied with our response, see complaints.
Questions about anything on this page: write to support@studioabout.shop or call +45 29471635. Monday to Friday, 09:00–16:00 CET.