--- name: parked-accessibility-audit description: CLOSED — the parked accessibility audit ran; the surviving ruling is the accepted WCAG 2.1 AA target and the aesthetic constraint on it metadata: node_type: memory type: project originSessionId: 0b7c5f41-bb34-4ab4-93be-fdb363f5eb40 --- CLOSED. This was a PARKED plan-only accessibility audit brief (parked 2026-06-28 under [[parked-task-workflow]]). It was run and its findings were remediated — the brief itself is spent. **Durable ruling salvaged — the accessibility standard the owner accepted:** - **Target is WCAG 2.1 AA**, and it is a standing bar, not a one-time pass. - The aesthetic is not negotiable against it: conformance must be reached **without sacrificing the CRT/phosphor terminal look**. Glow must never beat legibility — every optics theme has to clear contrast on its own. - Accessibility is a **GUARDRAIL**: no later fix, in any area, may regress it. - Where accessibility and the in-world fiction genuinely conflict and can't both be served, that's an owner call — log it, don't decide it unilaterally. *Corrected 2026-07-20: brief body removed (it had run); it cited the deleted RULES.md and a retired protocol.*