Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

Charcuteried is dedicated to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of ability or technology. We believe that everyone should be able to effortlessly discover, customize, and gift gourmet charcuterie boards with confidence and independence.

To accomplish this, we continually enhance our digital platforms to adhere to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA standard.

Standards & Measures Taken

We implement the following concrete engineering measures across our online boutique to maintain accessibility:

• Semantic HTML5 Architecture: Every page utilizes meaningful structural elements (header, nav, main, section, article, aside, and footer) to provide reliable landmarks for assistive screen-reading technologies.
• Full Keyboard Operability: All interactive controls—including mega navigation menus, slide-out drawers, date pickers, quantity steppers, and accordion panels—can be navigated and operated completely using only a keyboard.
• High Contrast & Color Independence: Text contrast ratios meet or exceed the 4.5:1 requirement for standard copy and 3:1 for large display headings. Color is never used as the sole visual cue to convey state, errors, or selections.
• Descriptive Alternative Text: All product imagery, arrangement photography, and lifestyle visuals include descriptive alt text to convey board ingredients, sizes, and serving presentations to visually impaired guests.
• Form & Modal Accessibility: All form inputs have explicitly paired labels, helpful placeholders, and live ARIA status announcements for validation feedback. Modal dialogs trap focus securely while open and restore focus cleanly upon dismissal.
• Responsive Text Scaling: Users can scale page text up to 200% without horizontal scrollbars, content overlap, or loss of critical functionality.

Ongoing Auditing & Compliance

Charcuteried regularly conducts automated code audits and manual accessibility testing using assistive devices, screen readers (such as VoiceOver and NVDA), and speech-recognition tools. We view digital accessibility as an evolving journey and welcome ongoing community feedback.