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By the same token, don't use this mantra to use low-contrast text like that used with this article. Absolute black may be a no-no, but this doesn't mean all of 'dark' is a no-no. Low-contrast text is poor form.

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Although I agree that everyone needs to watch out for low contrast type scenarios, I don't exactly see how this article exemplifies one in any way. Can you point out anything in particular?

It have a poor contrast for text.

No, it doesn't, the foreground color is #57534a and background is #ffffff which gives a ratio of 7.7:1

WCAG 2.0 requires a contrast of 7:1 to reach AAA levels. [1]

you can test it yourself with a bunch of tools but I couldn't find link to results on any of them [2][3][4].

[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#qr-visual-audio-contr...

[2] http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

[3] http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html

[4] http://contrastchecker.com/

My eyes prefer better contrast. I've read WCAG 2.0 and 7:1 is a minimum contrast, not optimum. The logic is that it's a minimum contrast for a user with 20/80 vision.

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