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[GH-ISSUE #3003] [Feature] Colorblind Accessible Display Options #50328
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Originally created by @alex-t-grey on GitHub (Jul 8, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/3003
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Pitch: what problem are you trying to solve?
As a user with red/green colorblindness, I'd like to select an alternate color scheme for the display of template goals, so that I can more easily differentiate the status of each category.
I personally find the colors most difficult on the light theme, in particular the green and black are hard to differentiate. The red/orange is also difficult, but at least there's also a minus sign.
It's a bit better on the dark and midnight themes, but still have room for improvement.
That said, there are multiple types of colorblindess and the solution needs to consider them all.
Describe your ideal solution to this problem
Allow the user to select an alternate color scheme. Some preset options are good for simplicity, though the ability to fully customize the colors for each status would cover more edge case users.
Secondary indicators are also very helpful. Different surrounding shapes, patterns, underlines, bold font, etc. For example, YNAB maintains Green/Orange/Red, but uses more highly contrasting versions of the colors, adds black borders to the "alert" states, and switches the font to white for "red" categories.
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This should be places in the settings, grouped with other display options such as "Theme".
At least one preset alternate color scheme would be nice, so that users aren't forced to fiddle with deciding on custom colors for all states if it is not necessary.
@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2024):
✨ Thanks for sharing your idea! ✨
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@alex-t-grey commented on GitHub (Jul 16, 2024):
From another user on the discord here is a link to WCAG AA color contrast minimum requirements:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum
and a tool for color contrast checks:
https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/