Benihaus is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content usable. As we add new pages and functionality to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.

Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our website is performed by our team members using industry-standard tools such as color contrast analyzers, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.

Accessibility Features On Our Website The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:

  • ARIA attributes are correctly linked to their roles and contain all required values
  • The document body does not contain aria-hidden=”true”
  • All required ARIA attributes and roles are present and correctly structured
  • Images have meaningful alt attributes
  • Buttons and interactive elements have understandable, accessible names
  • The page contains a valid and the element has a correct lang attribute
  • Headings are logically and hierarchically structured
  • The page has a main landmark element (
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  • Lists and definition lists are correctly marked up
  • Links are recognizable without relying on color and have a visible name
  • Touch target sizes are sufficiently large and reachable
  • The viewport allows zoom and scaling (no user-scalable=”no”)
  • No deprecated ARIA roles or invalid ARIA attributes are used

Where We’re Improving In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:

  • Improving color contrast on certain elements (e.g. action code buttons, customer review cards, verified badges, footer text and date displays) – this was identified as the main issue in the current Lighthouse test
  • Manual review and optimization of 10 additional points (including keyboard focus indicators, logical tab order, avoidance of focus traps and correct handling of offscreen content)

This is part of our broader effort to make everyone’s experience at Benihaus a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third-party websites to which we may link.

Accessibility Support Contact We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email info@benihaus.de. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.