You can always use a CSS re-styler or a screenreader.
I believe the intent is for the user's focus on the article rather than the comment. Google Lighthouse reports are meant to be suggestive rather than to be treated as gospel.
I believe the intent is for the user's focus on the article rather than the comment. Google Lighthouse reports are meant to be suggestive rather than to be treated as gospel.
More concretely, WCAG 2.0 [1] requires a contrast for 4.5:1 for text, and hacker news with it's #F6F6EF background and #828282 has a contrast of 3.54:1, quite far below the WCAG treshold.
This would result in a fine for situations where you are bound by law to follow the WCAG standard.
1: https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-cont...