--- title: Accessibility Compliance date: 2026-03-04T11:30:00+01:00 author: Santiago Melluso canonical_url: "https://www.takefortytwo.com/en/services/accessibility-compliance/" section: Services --- [Services](https://www.takefortytwo.com/en/services/)[Back to listing](https://www.takefortytwo.com/en/services/)Design # Accessibility Compliance An inaccessible website excludes users and exposes your business to risk. Beyond the legal and ethical arguments, accessible design is simply better design: clearer hierarchy, more readable typography, more intuitive navigation. We audit and implement WCAG-compliant solutions that don’t compromise your visual identity. Accessibility and great aesthetics aren’t enemies but natural allies. **This is for you if:** - You’ve received a legal notice or internal audit flagging accessibility issues. - You’re in a regulated industry or selling to government, education, or enterprise clients with compliance requirements. - You’re doing a redesign and want to build accessibility in from the start, not patch it in later. **What you’ll get from this:** - A full WCAG2.1AA audit with a prioritized list of issues and fixes. - Remediation across your key pages and components. - Documentation of your compliance status and what to maintain going forward. - A design and development process that makes accessibility a default, not an exception. [Get in touch](https://www.takefortytwo.com/en/contact/) ## Frequently Asked Questions We received a legal notice about accessibility. How fast can you help?Fast: with a legal notice in hand, the first step is an audit that establishes exactly where the gaps are. Findings come back as a prioritized list ordered by legal exposure and user impact, so remediation starts where your risk is highest rather than with cosmetic wins. You also get documentation of your compliance status, which shows you’re acting on the notice. Is this a one-time audit, or do you keep the site compliant on an ongoing basis?The core engagement is a one-time audit plus remediation, not a subscription. It includes a full WCAG audit with a prioritized list of issues, fixes across your key pages and components, and documentation of what to maintain going forward. Whether you keep checking afterward depends on how often your site changes: frequent releases justify periodic reviews, a static site doesn’t. Will making our site accessible mean compromising our brand's look and feel?No, making your site accessible doesn’t mean giving up your brand’s look and feel. Accessible typography, contrast, and navigation tend to read as clearer design, not a downgrade: better hierarchy and more readable text help every visitor, not only those using assistive technology. We implement WCAG-compliant solutions that keep your visual identity intact. How long does a full WCAG 2.1 AA audit and remediation take?Expect the audit itself to run a few weeks, depending on how many templates and components your site has. It ends in a prioritized list of issues and fixes, and remediation is scoped separately once we know what actually needs fixing and how deep it goes. That split keeps you from paying for repairs sized before anyone measured the damage. We're planning a redesign anyway. Should we bother auditing the current site first?Building accessibility in from the first wireframe of the redesign beats auditing and patching a site you’re about to retire. Done that way, the redesign makes accessibility a default: WCAG-compliant components, readable typography, and contrast decisions baked in rather than remediated later. 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