accessibility - Accessible toggle

Question

We are redesigning our website and there are some concerns internally that accessibility affects the design element. A toggle mode was suggested. Our standard version would still be accessible with the exception of contrast ratio and larger font size, which would be made available when you toggle to accessible mode. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Answer 1

WCAG 2.0 allows a conforming alternate version (under some conditions):

For Level A conformance (the minimum level of conformance), the Web page satisfies all the Level A Success Criteria, or a conforming alternate version is provided.

However, if you intend to use the inaccessible page by default and provide a link to the accessible page, then you’d need to make sure that this link is accessible. Which would mean in your case that the link has a conforming contrast ratio and size.