The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of recommendations developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) aimed at making web content more accessible for all users, including people with disabilities.
The WCAG are organized around four key principles:
- Perceivable: Information and user interface components must be presented to users in ways they can perceive.
- Operable: User interface components and navigation must be operable.
- Understandable: Information and the operation of the user interface must be understandable.
- Robust: Content must be robust enough to be reliably interpreted by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
These guidelines are divided into different levels of conformance: A, AA, and AAA, representing the degree of accessibility achieved. Adopting the WCAG helps ensure that your site is inclusive and accessible to a broader audience, improving user experience and meeting legal requirements.