React and WCAG: accessibility on Caribbean corporate sites
Accessible components, focus management, and automated testing for WCAG 2.2 compliance in React.
Corporate React sites — Next.js, Vite, legacy CRA — serve Puerto Rico clients subject to ADA and mainland contract accessibility expectations. WCAG 2.2 is not optional for banking, healthcare, and government; Smashing Magazine publishes React a11y guides few local agencies ship in production.
Technical base: semantic HTML first, ARIA only when native HTML falls short. Real buttons, input labels, meaningful alt on tourism product images. Visible focus and logical tab order in booking modals and contact forms — trap focus in dialogs with react-aria or Radix primitives.
Automated testing: axe-core in CI, eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y on PRs, and quarterly manual VoiceOver/NVDA testing. OWASP is not a11y, but accessible forms reduce input errors feeding injection. Color contrast 4.5:1 minimum — Puerto Rico brand green/red on white fails more often than admitted.
Shared components: design system with accessible Accordion, Tabs, and DatePicker from day one. Every dev inventing their own modal is accumulated a11y debt. For mainland firms with PR subsidiaries, an inaccessible site is continental legal risk.
Well-done accessibility improves SEO and mobile conversion — not just compliance. Older users in Caribbean tourism market use zoom and screen readers more than analytics suggest. Invest in a11y during component sprints, not post-ADA demand legal panic.
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