Accessibility at Lilith Forge

What we aim for

We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA across the Lilith Forge sites: this studio site at lilithforge.com, the Inkubus product and account pages at inkubus.lilithforge.com, and the Cronus page at cronus.lilithforge.com.

Coglin, at coglin.lilithforge.com, is a separate application still in private alpha. It is not covered by this statement yet. It will be brought under the same target before it opens to teams, which matters more than usual there — its users are students aged 12 to 18 and their coaches.

Where we stand

This is a self-assessment, not a third-party audit, and we would rather say so than imply more rigour than we applied. Reviewed on 18 August 2026 against WCAG 2.1 AA, the following were found and fixed:

• Contrast: three colours used for text fell below the 4.5:1 and 3:1 thresholds. All text on the sites now meets AA, measured rather than estimated.
• Keyboard focus: the sites previously had no focus styling at all, and three form fields actively removed the browser's focus ring. Every interactive element now shows a high-contrast focus indicator.
• Zoom and reflow: the navigation had no small-screen handling and its right-hand items became unreachable at 320px because the overflow was clipped rather than scrollable. It now wraps.
• Forms: email fields relied on placeholder text instead of a real label, and validation errors were never announced to screen readers. Fields now have labels, errors are announced, and focus moves to the field at fault.
• Structure: pages had no main landmark and no skip link. Both were added, along with names for the navigation regions.
• Reduced motion: only the home page's hero animation respected prefers-reduced-motion. All animation and transitions across all pages now do.
• Decorative artwork was being announced as unnamed images. It is now correctly hidden from assistive technology.

Known gaps

Things we know are imperfect, so that you do not have to discover them yourself:

• No independent audit. Everything above is self-assessed and tested by one person. We have not commissioned a third-party evaluation and do not publish a VPAT.
• No assistive-technology testing at scale. Testing was done with keyboard navigation and automated checks. We have not run structured sessions with screen-reader users, which is the only way some problems surface.
• Fonts can delay text appearing. Our typefaces load in a way that can hold up first paint on a slow connection. A fix is scheduled.
• Individual page sections are not separately navigable. They have headings but not named regions, so jumping between them by landmark is not yet possible.
• The mailing-list forms on the Inkubus and Cronus pages are placeholders. They validate and acknowledge, but are not yet connected to a mail service, so nothing is stored. This is a functional gap rather than an accessibility one, but it would be misleading not to say it here.

Tell us when we get it wrong

If any part of these sites is difficult or impossible for you to use, please email admin@lilithforge.com. Describe the page and what happened; if you use assistive technology, naming it helps us reproduce the problem.

We will acknowledge within 5 working days and tell you either what we have fixed or when we expect to. If something blocks you from information or a purchase, ask and we will provide it another way in the meantime.