High on the Cinder Expanse, Rallia’s brass chest-projector casts high-contrast turquoise pace-note arrows across blinding salt flats and blind canyon crests so every driver reads the line clearly. We build EmberRally to that same standard: clear sightlines, calm controls, full keyboard and screen-reader navigation, and strict compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA.
EmberRally (emberrally.pro), operated by [Operator legal name], is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for everyone who visits our independent British guide to browser racing, stunt trials and high-speed driving games. We engineer and test every page of this site to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 at Level AA.
Whether you navigate via keyboard, screen reader, switch control, screen magnifier, or reduced-motion preferences, you should be able to read every stage briefing, inspect every game’s verified telemetry facts block, and follow official launch links without barriers.
WCAG 2.2.2 & 2.3.3
2. Silent, Pausable Hero Video & Reduced-Motion Support
The opening hero scene on our home page features an ambient video loop of Chief Marshal Valkor and airborne navigator Rallia beneath the starting arch of the Caldera Sovereign Circuit. To prevent distraction, vestibular discomfort or unexpected audio:
Strictly Silent Playback: The opening hero video contains no audio track and plays completely muted at all times.
Accessible Pause & Play Control: A keyboard-focusable, screen-reader-labelled pause/play toggle button sits in the bottom-right corner of the hero stage so any visitor can halt or resume video playback immediately.
Automatic Reduced-Motion Fallback: When your operating system or browser has prefers-reduced-motion: reduce enabled, the site automatically disables video playback and presents the high-resolution static painting instead. All CSS hover lifts, smooth scrolling and transition animations across the site also step down to instant states.
Every interactive control across the circuit is built using native HTML elements so keyboard and assistive-technology users retain predictable control:
Skip to Main Content: Pressing Tab on any page reveals a high-contrast Skip to main content link at the top-left of the viewport, bypassing the sticky Pit-Wall Telemetry Bar.
High-Visibility Focus Indicators: Every link, chamfered rally button, mobile menu toggle, and expandable <details> facts summary displays an unmistakable 3px geothermal turquoise focus ring (#299C9A) with a 3px offset.
Generous Target Sizes: All interactive links, disclosure summaries and buttons meet or exceed the WCAG 2.2 AA minimum target size of 24×24 CSS pixels, with primary navigation and stage launch buttons scaled for comfortable thumb and pointer activation.
No-JavaScript Resilience: If JavaScript is disabled or fails to load, the mobile navigation drawer remains open and accessible, the hero displays its crisp static artwork, and every game’s facts strip and official link work cleanly.
Inspired by high-altitude noon sunlight on sun-bleached salt flats and volcanic basalt, our visual palette avoids low-contrast grey-on-grey text:
Verified Contrast Ratios: Primary body copy is set in deep volcanic obsidian ink (#181412) on bright salt-flat parchment (#FAF5EB and #FDFBF7), delivering contrast ratios above 15:1—far exceeding the WCAG 2.2 AA requirements of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Text placed over hero artwork or telemetry strips uses dark basalt extrusion shadows or high-contrast white-on-turquoise/slate plates.
Responsive Scaling & Reflow: All typography uses relative units (rem and fluid clamp() scales) with a strict minimum of 12px (0.75rem) for the finest legal and telemetry print. Layouts reflow smoothly from a 320px phone screen up to wide desktop monitors, supporting 200% browser zoom and WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow without horizontal scrolling or clipped words.
Screen-Reader Clarity: Every page follows a single-<h1> heading hierarchy, landmark regions (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <footer>), descriptive alt attributes for all game covers and character illustrations, and empty alt="" attributes on decorative backdrops and corner brackets. External links to each game’s official site include a screen-reader announcement indicating that the link opens an external publisher website.
5. Pit-Wall Accessibility Telemetry Summary
The table below summarises how key WCAG 2.2 Level AA criteria are implemented across EmberRally:
Circuit Component
WCAG 2.2 AA Criterion
Implementation on EmberRally
Opening Hero Video
1.4.2 Audio Control · 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide · 2.3.3 Animation from Interactions
100% silent video track; explicit keyboard-accessible Pause/Play button; automatic fallback to static image when prefers-reduced-motion: reduce is active.
Reading Panels & Stage Headings
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) · 1.4.4 Resize Text · 1.4.10 Reflow
Obsidian ink (#181412) on salt-flat parchment (#FAF5EB) at >15:1 contrast; fluid typography from 320px upward without horizontal scrollbars.
Descriptive alt text on all nine game covers and character cut-outs; decorative backgrounds hidden from assistive tech with alt="".
6. External Game Websites (Third-Party Scope)
EmberRally is an independent guide and does not host or embed playable game frames on its own domain. When you activate a Play on Official Site button for any of our nine featured games (PolyTrack, Moto X3M, Drive Mad, Smash Karts, Madalin Stunt Cars 3, Escape Road, Racing Limits, Traffic Rider or Kart Bros), you leave emberrally.pro and travel to that game’s official website.
Because those external websites and WebGL/HTML5 game engines are operated independently by their respective developers and publishers, we do not control their code or accessibility features. However, to help you choose stages that suit your setup before you leave our pit wall, our Pit-Wall Stage Notes & Telemetry Manual documents the control schemes, camera perspectives and speed profiles for all nine games.
Direct Dispatch to the Course Marshal
7. Report an Accessibility Barrier or Request Assistance
If you encounter any difficulty reading a stage briefing, operating a control with your keyboard or assistive technology, or accessing any part of EmberRally, please let us know. We review every report personally and work to resolve verified accessibility issues promptly.
Accessibility Contact Email: [Contact email]
Operator: [Operator legal name] ([Legal form], [Registered in, company number and registered office])
Postal Address: [Trading address]
When reporting an issue, it helps our pit crew if you mention the page URL (for example, /accessibility/ or /stage-notes/), what you were trying to do, and the browser, device or assistive technology you were using.
