CRAFTING WCAG 3 FOR MORE ACCESSIBLE USER EXPERIENCES

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

WCAG 3's September 2026 draft sets a single conformance level, called core requirements, built on WCAG 2.2's Level A and AA success criteria. Supplemental requirements, assertions, and recommended practices cover accessibility needs that can't be objectively measured or don't apply everywhere, encouraging organizations to go beyond the baseline. Tags let regulators tailor requirements to specific situations and let websites report progress toward and beyond conformance, with multiple reporting tiers built in.