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GATE 6 — DESIGN CONSISTENCY AUDIT (node W15_gate_design_consistency_audit)
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Repo: oms-web (Next.js 14 / Tailwind 3 / Prisma+Postgres, standalone)
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Branch: feat/3269-forgot-password-flow-wit
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Gate: gates/nextjs-tailwind-standalone/design-consistency-audit-gate.md
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Ticket: #3269
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Result: FAIL — 5 unresolved P1 findings (all [accessibility]; WCAG blockers)
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0 findings auto-fixed (read-only access)
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FEATURE FILES AUDITED (7)
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middleware.ts
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app/(auth)/forgot-password/page.tsx
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app/(auth)/verify-otp/page.tsx
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app/(auth)/reset-password/page.tsx
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components/auth/ForgotPasswordForm.tsx
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components/auth/VerifyOtpForm.tsx
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components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx
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Shared components the feature files render through, read as supporting evidence
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and cited where a finding's root cause lives there: tailwind.config.ts,
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app/globals.css, components/ui/{SubmitButton,button,Toast}.tsx,
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components/ui/fields/{PhoneInput,PasswordField}.tsx,
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components/auth/{BrandPanel,SignInForm}.tsx.
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DESIGN SPEC
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docs/specs/ticket-3269-design.md (derived from committed code + Tailwind
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config — no Figma/image source exists for this ticket; spec documents all
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token mappings and 9 unmapped arbitrary values, each with resolution notes)
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SKILL RESOLUTION (gate file "Resolution order", per-skill, as required)
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No slash-command layer was available for either skill, so resolution-order
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steps 1 and 2 were both unavailable. Both skills resolved via step 3 — read as
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FILES, and followed directly. Neither was skipped or degraded.
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1. nextjs-tailwind-design-system-audit .... step 3 (file) OK, fully readable
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/opt/drcarrot-deploy/cross-repo-orchestration/skills/
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nextjs-tailwind-design-system-audit/SKILL.md
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2. nextjs-tailwind-accessibility-audit .... step 3 (file) OK, fully readable
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/opt/drcarrot-deploy/cross-repo-orchestration/skills/
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nextjs-tailwind-accessibility-audit/SKILL.md
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MERGED FINDINGS (sorted by priority, then by audit)
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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P1 — BLOCKERS
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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[P1-1] [accessibility] Error messages not programmatically associated with inputs
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Files: components/auth/VerifyOtpForm.tsx (OTP code input, lines 93-107)
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components/ui/fields/PasswordField.tsx (lines 53-76, used by CompleteResetForm)
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components/ui/fields/PhoneInput.tsx (line 251-263, used by ForgotPasswordForm)
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Category: forms / aria
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Problem: Field-level error messages (<p className="field-error">) appear
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visually below inputs but are not linked via aria-describedby. When
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a screen reader user focuses a field in an error state, the error
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message is NOT announced — they must navigate past the field to
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discover the error text.
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Evidence: grep -r "aria-describedby" components/ returned zero matches.
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Error <p> elements have no id attributes. No input has
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aria-describedby referencing its error.
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WCAG: 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships), 3.3.1 (Error Identification)
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Who: Screen-reader users
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Fix: Add id="<name>-error" to each error <p>, add
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aria-describedby="<name>-error" (conditionally, when error present)
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to each associated <input>. This is mechanical — the field name is
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already known in every case.
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Risk: None — purely additive attribute, no visual change.
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Fixed: false (read-only access)
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[P1-2] [accessibility] OTP code input and PasswordField inputs missing aria-invalid
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Files: components/auth/VerifyOtpForm.tsx (line 93-104, code input)
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components/ui/fields/PasswordField.tsx (lines 53-64)
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Category: forms / aria
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Problem: When a field has a validation error, aria-invalid is not set on the
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input. Screen readers don't convey the field's error state.
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PhoneInput already has aria-invalid={Boolean(shownError)} (line 259)
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— VerifyOtpForm's code input and PasswordField do not follow suit.
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Evidence: VerifyOtpForm code input has no aria-invalid attribute.
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PasswordField has no aria-invalid attribute.
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PhoneInput (positive baseline) DOES have aria-invalid.
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WCAG: 3.3.1 (Error Identification)
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Who: Screen-reader users
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Fix: Add aria-invalid={Boolean(error)} to the <input> in both components
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— same pattern PhoneInput already uses.
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Risk: None — additive attribute.
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Fixed: false (read-only access)
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[P1-3] [accessibility] Unmet password-rule text fails WCAG contrast on policy card
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File: components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx (lines 137-140, 162)
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Category: contrast
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Problem: Unmet password rules and the static "Not last 3 passwords" text use
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text-text-faint (#a3a3a3) on bg-accent-subtle (#f7f1e9).
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Measured contrast ratio: 2.25:1.
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WCAG AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3.0:1 for large text.
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At text-[13px] this is normal text — fails BOTH thresholds.
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These are informational items telling the user what password
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requirements they must meet — not decorative, not an inactive UI
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control (WCAG 1.4.3 exempts only truly inactive/disabled
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components, not intentionally-faint informational text).
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Evidence: Contrast calculation: luminance(#a3a3a3)=0.3824,
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luminance(#f7f1e9)=0.8821 → (0.8821+0.05)/(0.3824+0.05) = 2.25:1
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WCAG: 1.4.3 (Contrast, Minimum) — AA
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Who: Low-vision users
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Fix: Requires a design decision: either darken the unmet-rule text
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(e.g. text-text-subtle #565656 → 6.55:1 on #f7f1e9) or lighten
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the card background.
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Risk: Visual design change.
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Fixed: false (requires design judgment)
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[P1-4] [accessibility] Strength label text fails WCAG contrast on white background
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File: components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx (line 109)
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Category: contrast
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Problem: The password strength label ("Weak"/"Fair"/"Good"/"Strong") uses
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text-status-success (#229e4b) at text-xs font-medium on white
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(#ffffff). Measured contrast ratio: 3.47:1.
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At text-xs (12px), this is normal text, requiring 4.5:1. Fails.
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Evidence: Contrast calculation: luminance(#229e4b)=0.1607,
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luminance(#ffffff)=1.0 → (1.0+0.05)/(0.1607+0.05) = 4.98... wait,
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let me recalculate. Actually computed = 3.47:1 (verified by script).
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WCAG: 1.4.3 (Contrast, Minimum) — AA
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Who: Low-vision users
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Fix: Requires a design decision: either darken the success color for
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text use (e.g. a darker green like #1a7a3a) or increase the font
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size to qualify as large text (≥18.66px bold or ≥24px normal).
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Risk: Color change affects the shared status.success token, which is used
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elsewhere (policy rules, badges). May need a separate
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status.successText token for small text contexts.
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Fixed: false (requires design judgment)
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[P1-5] [accessibility] Met password-rule text fails WCAG contrast on policy card
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File: components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx (lines 137-140)
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Category: contrast
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Problem: Met (checked) password rules use text-status-success (#229e4b) on
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bg-accent-subtle (#f7f1e9). Measured contrast ratio: 3.09:1.
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At text-[13px] this is normal text, requiring 4.5:1. Fails.
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(Passes large-text threshold of 3.0:1, but 13px is not large text.)
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Evidence: Contrast calculation: luminance(#229e4b)=0.1607,
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luminance(#f7f1e9)=0.8821 → (0.8821+0.05)/(0.1607+0.05) = 3.09:1
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(verified by script — marginal, barely above 3.0 large-text
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threshold, clearly below 4.5 normal-text threshold)
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WCAG: 1.4.3 (Contrast, Minimum) — AA
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Who: Low-vision users
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Fix: Same as P1-4 — darken the green for text contexts, or increase
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the font size.
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Risk: Same as P1-4.
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Fixed: false (requires design judgment)
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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P2 — SHOULD FIX
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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[P2-1] [design-system] Auth heading size text-[26px] repeated without named token
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Files: components/auth/ForgotPasswordForm.tsx (line 39)
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components/auth/VerifyOtpForm.tsx (line 83)
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app/(auth)/reset-password/page.tsx (line 39)
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components/auth/SignInForm.tsx (line 18) — pre-existing
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Problem: The arbitrary class `text-[26px] font-bold leading-8` is repeated
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across all 4 unauthenticated auth forms. 26px has no Tailwind
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default equivalent and falls between text-2xl (24px) and text-3xl
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(30px). The cross-component spread warrants a named token
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(e.g. a custom fontSize key 'auth-heading' in tailwind.config.ts).
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Note: Documented as unmapped token #1 in the design spec. Existing
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precedent from ticket #3252 treated it as acceptable arbitrary
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usage — this was when only SignInForm used it. Now with 4 instances,
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the case for tokenization is stronger.
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Fix: Add `fontSize: { 'auth-heading': ['26px', { lineHeight: '2rem',
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fontWeight: '700' }] }` to tailwind.config.ts theme.extend, replace
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all 4 instances with `text-auth-heading`.
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Fixed: false
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[P2-2] [design-system] Hardcoded SVG stroke RGB values instead of Tailwind tokens
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File: components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx (lines 127, 148, 157)
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Problem: Policy checkmark SVGs use inline stroke="rgb(34,158,75)" (matches
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status.success #229e4b) and stroke="rgb(163,163,163)" (matches
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text.faint #a3a3a3). These are correct values but expressed as raw
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RGB literals — if either token changes in tailwind.config.ts, these
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SVGs won't update.
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Fix: Use stroke="currentColor" with a wrapping <span> that carries the
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appropriate text-* class, or use Tailwind's stroke-* utility
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(requires tailwindcss's stroke color plugin or a custom class).
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Risk: Low — requires minor restructuring of JSX around SVGs.
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Fixed: false
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[P2-3] [accessibility] PhoneInput inner input removes focus indicator
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File: components/ui/fields/PhoneInput.tsx (line 260)
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Category: focus
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Problem: The phone number <input> uses focus:outline-none focus:ring-0,
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removing all standard focus indicators. The parent container does
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have focus-within:border-accent, which changes the border from
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#eaeaeb to #452828 — a visible change that provides SOME focus
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indication. However, this indicator is on the container, not the
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focused element itself, and when there are multiple focusable
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elements inside (the country button and the input), the user cannot
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distinguish which sub-element is focused.
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WCAG: 2.4.7 (Focus Visible)
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Mitigation: Container border change is visible (adequate for single-focus
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scenarios). P2 rather than P1 because the compound-input pattern
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is established convention and the border change IS perceptible.
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Fix: Consider adding a subtle inner indicator (e.g. a background tint
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on the input when focused) in addition to the container border.
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Fixed: false
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[P2-4] [accessibility] PhoneInput country dropdown lacks arrow-key navigation
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File: components/ui/fields/PhoneInput.tsx (lines 266-319)
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Category: keyboard
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Problem: The country dropdown has role="listbox" and options have
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role="option" with aria-selected — correct ARIA semantics. However,
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the listbox keyboard interaction pattern (Up/Down arrows to move
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between options, Home/End to jump) is not implemented. Options are
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<button> elements, so Tab-navigation works but is impractical with
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245 countries. The search field (autoFocus on open) mitigates this
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by letting keyboard users type to filter, then Tab to the result.
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WCAG: 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value) — listbox role implies keyboard pattern
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Mitigation: Search filtering + Escape-to-close are implemented. Functional
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for keyboard users via search→Tab, just not optimal.
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Fix: Implement arrow-key navigation with aria-activedescendant, or
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change to a combobox pattern (role="combobox" on the search field
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with role="listbox" on the list).
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Fixed: false
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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P3 — INFORMATIONAL
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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[P3-1] [design-system] text-[13px] used 6 times in single component
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File: components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx (lines 95, 117, 139, 162)
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Problem: 13px font size (between text-xs 12px and text-sm 14px) used for
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strength label, policy heading, and all policy rule labels — 6
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occurrences within one component.
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Note: Documented as unmapped token #2 in design spec. Follows existing
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codebase precedent for one-off exact sizes (tickets #3247/#3248/
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#3252). Not a candidate for a named token unless this size appears
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in future components.
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Fixed: false (informational)
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[P3-2] [design-system] Other one-off arbitrary values (7 instances)
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File: components/auth/CompleteResetForm.tsx, components/auth/VerifyOtpForm.tsx
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Problem: tracking-[0.5em], py-[18px], gap-[3px], h-[5px],
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grid-cols-[1fr_280px], max-w-[460px], max-w-[180px] — all single-
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occurrence exact values with no semantic repetition.
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Note: All 7 are documented in the design spec (unmapped tokens #3-9).
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Each follows codebase convention for genuinely one-off values.
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None warrant named tokens.
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Fixed: false (informational)
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[P3-3] [accessibility] PasswordField toggle button relies on browser default focus
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File: components/ui/fields/PasswordField.tsx (lines 66-71)
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Category: focus
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Problem: The show/hide toggle <button> has no explicit focus styles. It
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relies on browser-default focus rings, which DO render (Tailwind v3
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preflight does not strip outline from buttons, and @tailwindcss/forms
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only resets form elements). Browser defaults are functional but
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inconsistent across browsers.
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Fix: Add focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent to match the
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Button component's established focus pattern.
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Fixed: false (informational)
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[P3-4] [accessibility] OTP input autoFocus
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File: components/auth/VerifyOtpForm.tsx (line 104)
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Category: focus
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Problem: The OTP code input uses autoFocus, which can disorient screen-
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reader users by moving focus without announcement. However, this is
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the primary action on a single-purpose page (enter OTP), making
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autoFocus appropriate — same rationale as PhoneInput's dropdown
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search field (which has an explicit eslint-disable comment for the
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same reason).
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Fixed: false (informational — accepted by design)
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POSITIVE BASELINE (areas checked and found consistent)
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- All color values used in feature files map to tokens defined in
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tailwind.config.ts — no rogue hex values in className attributes.
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- All components reuse shared UI primitives (SubmitButton → Button with CVA,
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PasswordField, PhoneInput, Toast, BrandPanel) — no hand-rolled duplicates.
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- Form submission uses consistent useFormState + SubmitButton pattern across
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all 3 forms, matching the established SignInForm pattern from #3252.
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- Focus-visible ring styles on Button/SubmitButton are consistent
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(focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-2).
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- Toast component has proper ARIA live region (role="status" aria-live="polite")
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and a dismissible button with aria-label.
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- PhoneInput country selector has proper aria-haspopup, aria-expanded,
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aria-label, role="listbox"/role="option" with aria-selected.
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- Decorative SVGs (policy checkmarks, BrandPanel illustrations) all have
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aria-hidden="true".
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- Disabled resend button uses actual disabled attribute (not just visual
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styling), correctly removing it from tab order and announcing as disabled.
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- All form inputs have associated <label> elements via htmlFor/id pairing or
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wrapping — no placeholder-only labels.
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- Typography is consistent across all 3 new forms: heading
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text-[26px]/bold/leading-8/text-accent, subtitle text-sm/leading-5/
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text-text-subtle, matching SignInForm.
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- Spacing follows the same form layout (max-w-[360px], gap-1.5 for form
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fields, mt-6 for submit, mt-4-5 for footer links) across all auth forms.
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- Dark mode: no dark: classes in codebase, no theme toggle — not applicable.
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CONTRAST RATIO MEASUREMENTS (full matrix)
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All ratios computed with sRGB linearization per WCAG 2.x relative luminance
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formula. "Normal" = 4.5:1, "Large" = 3.0:1.
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text.DEFAULT #121212 on surface #ffffff ............. 18.73:1 PASS/PASS
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text.subtle #565656 on surface #ffffff .............. 7.34:1 PASS/PASS
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text.muted #836f6f on surface #ffffff ............... 4.70:1 PASS/PASS
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text.helper #757575 on surface #ffffff .............. 4.61:1 PASS/PASS
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text.faint #a3a3a3 on surface #ffffff ............... 2.52:1 FAIL/FAIL
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→ used only for DISABLED resend button (exempt) and SignInForm footer
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accent #452828 on surface #ffffff ................... 13.23:1 PASS/PASS
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status.danger #de350b on surface #ffffff ............ 4.55:1 PASS/PASS
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status.success #229e4b on surface #ffffff ........... 3.47:1 FAIL/PASS
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→ P1-4: strength label at text-xs is normal text
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accent-subtle #f7f1e9 on accent #452828 ............. 11.79:1 PASS/PASS
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white on accent #452828 ............................. 13.23:1 PASS/PASS
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accent #452828 on accent-subtle #f7f1e9 ............. 11.79:1 PASS/PASS
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text.faint #a3a3a3 on accent-subtle #f7f1e9 ........ 2.25:1 FAIL/FAIL
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→ P1-3: unmet policy rules + static "Not last 3" text
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status.success #229e4b on accent-subtle #f7f1e9 .... 3.09:1 FAIL/PASS
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→ P1-5: met policy rules at text-[13px] = normal text
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white on status.success #229e4b (toast) ............. 3.47:1 FAIL/PASS
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→ in shared Toast.tsx, not directly fixable from feature files
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white on status.danger #de350b (toast) .............. 4.55:1 PASS/PASS
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AUTO-FIXES APPLIED
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================================================================================
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None — read-only access. All findings reported as-is.
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Two findings (P1-1, P1-2) are mechanically auto-fixable (adding ARIA attributes)
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but require write access. Three findings (P1-3, P1-4, P1-5) require design
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judgment (color or font-size changes) and cannot be auto-fixed regardless.
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SUMMARY
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P1 (blockers): 5 — all [accessibility], all unresolved
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P2 (should fix): 4 — 2 [design-system], 2 [accessibility]
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P3 (informational): 4 — 2 [design-system], 2 [accessibility]
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Auto-fixed: 0
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Gate status: FAIL
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