F38: Failure of Success Criterion 1.1.1 due to not marking up decorative images in HTML in a way that allows assistive technology to ignore them
Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2Level AAutomatable: yes
Summary: not marking up decorative images in HTML in a way that allows assistive technology to ignore them
Why it fails: This page reproduces the F38 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 1.1.1.
Failure technique
Understanding
Quickref
Intentional failure — audit this region
F38
User stylesheets are blocked within the specimen region.
<p>User stylesheets are blocked within the specimen region.</p>Expected audit result
- 1.1.1: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 1.1.1.
Manual check: Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F38 failure in isolation.