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Accessibility

Salary Confidential is an indie platform whose mission is to create clarity and confidence for workers entering power-imbalanced compensation negotiations with recruiters and managers.

That mission is inclusive by design. We aim to build a platform that functions comfortably for users across a wide range of accessibility needs, following the principles of the Web Content Accessibility Initiative (WAI). We use WCAG 2.2 Level AA as a baseline, and aim for Level AAA patterns where they materially improve usability.

Our accessibility commitments

  • •Visual design: We prioritize clear typography and strong contrast to support readability, including for users with low vision. Our brand design guidelines are deliberately reasoned with for accessibility: for example, we don't ever use gray type anywhere in the product, including for help text and other patterns where such low readability typography is often used. We also only use our primary brand color, a deep purple, to support text. Our other brand colors are used as decorative accents only, because they don't support appropriate levels of text contrast.
  • •Color-blind friendly: We avoid relying on color alone to convey meaning. Our data visualizations use the Okabe-Ito palette for categorical charts and the Viridis palette for sequential charts, both chosen because they remain more legible across common forms of color vision deficiency. Where color carries meaning, we aim to reinforce it with labels, shapes, position, or other visual cues.
  • •Semantic HTML: We use proper document structure and accessible markup to support screen readers and assistive technologies.
  • •Keyboard navigation: We aim for full keyboard operability across interactive elements, with visible focus states and predictable tab order.
  • •A gentle interface with high operability: We keep motion to a minimum and limit “hidden” interaction patterns such as surprise modals and auto-rotating carousels. We generally avoid interaction patterns that hide important information behind hover. Our charts are built using the Recharts 3 library, which treats accessibility as a first-class concern. Lastly, we automate security checks wherever we can so the interface stays calm and legible.
  • •Forms and interaction design: Our product makes extensive use of forms, and we are careful to choose interface options that prioritize perceivable and visible information. We use buttons wherever practical instead of dropdowns or more complex controls, and we use progressive disclosure throughout the product to reduce cognitive load.
  • •Understandable information: We document features in plain language and surface in-product tips to reduce user error. We also provide multiple ways to browse and search our documentation, including a human-readable site map (separate from the XML sitemap used by search engines).

Continuous improvement

Accessibility is an ongoing effort. Every feature and release is considered through an accessibility lens, and we design for accessibility as a first-class goal. Even so, we know we will sometimes make mistakes, overlook complexity, or miss issues that only become apparent through real-world use. As a small team, we rely heavily on real-world feedback to identify issues that internal testing and automated tools miss.

If you encounter an accessibility barrier, or something that feels unnecessarily difficult to use, please reach out to us at customer-help@salaryconfidential.com. Your message will be read by the people building the product so we can make Salary Confidential better for everyone.