Accessibility at Leaf & Heir

Leaf & Heir is a small, family-run business, and we want every visitor to feel welcome — whether you're shopping, reading, or just curious about olive leaf tea. Accessibility is part of how we think about that.

This page describes the standard we follow, the testing we've done, where we know we still have work to do, and how to reach us if anything on the site is getting in your way.

The standard we follow

We design and build leafandheir.com to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA — the international consensus standard for web accessibility, and the benchmark most often referenced under U.S. accessibility law.

We don't claim full conformance. Accessibility is an ongoing practice, not a one-time certification. What we can say is that we take it seriously and we work on it continuously.

What we've done

Over the course of building this site, we've completed seven rounds of accessibility remediation, including:

• Color contrast adjustments across body text, buttons, eyebrows, labels, and form inputs, so text is readable against every background on the site
• Visible focus indicators on every interactive element, so keyboard-only users can see where they are on the page
• Proper heading hierarchy and landmark structure throughout the site, so screen readers can navigate predictably
• Form labels, error messages, and success confirmations announced correctly to assistive technologies
• Recipe filters and other interactive controls built with appropriate roles and state attributes
• Alternative text on key imagery, with an ongoing pass underway for our complete image library

The most recent automated audit (Google Lighthouse, desktop profile) returned an accessibility score of 97 out of 100.

Where we still have work to do

We're being honest about the things we know aren't finished yet:

• Lighthouse audits on every individual template page, including the mobile profile, are still in progress
• Manual screen reader testing using VoiceOver on macOS is on our list
• Descriptive alt text on every uploaded image in our content library is still being completed
• A second-opinion automated scan using WAVE or axe DevTools is planned
• We're working toward establishing a regular quarterly accessibility check

If you encounter a barrier we haven't listed here, we'd genuinely like to hear about it.

A note about overlay tools

You may have seen websites use accessibility overlay widgets — pop-ups offering "accessibility mode," font sliders, or color filters. We've made a deliberate choice not to use them. The disability community and accessibility professionals broadly oppose these tools because they can interfere with assistive technologies that users already have configured to work for them. Real accessibility comes from the underlying code, not a widget on top of it.

Getting in touch

If something on this site is keeping you from doing what you came to do — placing an order, reading our story, finding a recipe — please let us know. We read every message.

Email: info@leafandheir.com

When you write, it's helpful if you can include:

• The page you were on (the URL or a description)
• What you were trying to do
• What got in your way
• The device, browser, or assistive technology you were using, if you're comfortable sharing

We'll respond as soon as we reasonably can, and we'll do our best to fix what we can fix.

This statement was last reviewed on May 31, 2026}.