# Google PageSpeed \> Accessability fail - white text on white BG !? **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [March 28, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935 "2024-03-28T13:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/1 "2024-03-28T13:21:40Z")
The quest for better SEO … PageSpeed fail : it seems to think all my sidebar text (and banner text) is white on white > **[Dibley Marine Yacht Design ... The Dibley Design Advantage](https://www.dibleymarine.com)** > > Yacht Design Excellence in Performance Sailing Yachts and Power Boats in New Zealand and Internationally. Marine Design and Yacht refits, planning and management. Anybody come across anything similar / workarounds ? ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/d/1/d10624841a9f477f63f162bb3de6e2e3ccbf8d5e.png) ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/2 "2024-03-28T14:43:40Z")
I’m suspecting this is a bug as another site [www.peteryates.co.uk](http://www.peteryates.co.uk) reports the very same accessibility problem in PageSpeed ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/0/7/075e4802a035f4720cd91494583b3edb3cede941.png) ---
**Author:** ![ToF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@ToF](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ToF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/3 "2024-03-28T15:21:04Z")
HI, here [https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/](https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/) you can check the contrast. Your first issue: Peter Yates Snowdonia, c.1943 Foreground #7D7D7D (Text color) Background #FFFFFF Make the text darker and try again. ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/4 "2024-03-28T15:37:00Z")
OK, I agree Torsten However, the main problem I have is that Google ‘accessibility’ in PageSpeed believes that all my sidebar text is white … and that it sits on a white background. It thinks my text is invisible Likewise it thinks my title and description text is illegible on top of the banner … in real life - both are ok Jol ---
**Author:** ![ToF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@ToF](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ToF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/5 "2024-03-28T15:49:54Z")
I think Google can read it. ![b1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/8/4/84982f39ea41a757043b9a285fcf126626d9feb8.png) ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/6 "2024-03-28T15:55:46Z")
Aha - I am running Safari … seems Safari doesn’t show the text but Chrome does. Good find Torsten So the issue comes back to contrast They want a LOT of contrast to pass this test, it would seem ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/7 "2024-03-28T16:00:16Z")
and the smaller the text - the more contrast they want ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/8 "2024-03-28T16:03:37Z")
![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/8/6/867a4929c75a70de8d66fff8a77f4757b1f81fa5.png) Thanks Torsten - nailed accessibility, now back to performance 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/9 "2024-03-28T16:15:26Z")
Yet you run Pagespeed again and get 2 points less on performance … changing nothing Very frustrating ---
**Author:** ![ToF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@ToF](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ToF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/10 "2024-03-28T16:25:38Z")
I also get 1-5 points difference each time running Pagespeed. ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/11 "2024-03-28T16:28:04Z")
Interesting - perhaps down to server performance or bandwidth somewhere out of our control!! Hey thanks for all your kind help today Torsten. Jol ---
**Author:** ![ToF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@ToF](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ToF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-pagespeed-accessability-fail-white-text-on-white-bg/42935/12 "2024-03-28T16:30:20Z")
You are welcome Happy Eastern Torsten