WCAG Success Criteria
Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM)

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This page shows what roles have primary (P), secondary (S), or contributor (C) responsibilities for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 success criteria (SC).

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For background and context on this table, description of the roles, and additional information for each role, see ARRM: Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping main page.

WCAG SC	Level	Business	Content Authoring	Visual Design	UX Design	Front-End Development
1.1.1	A	C	P, S, C	P, S, C	P, S, C	P, C
1.2.1	A		P, S	S	P, S
1.2.2	A		P		P, S
1.2.3	A		P
1.2.4	AA		P		S
1.2.5	AA		P		P
1.2.6	AAA		P		S
1.2.7	AAA		P		S
1.2.8	AAA		P, S		P, S
1.2.9	AAA		P		S
1.3.1	A		P, S, C	P, S, C	P, S, C	P, S
1.3.2	A			S	P, S	P, S
1.3.3	A	P	P, S, C	P, S	P, S	P
1.3.4	AA			S	P
1.3.5	AA				P, C	P
1.3.6	AAA				C	P
1.4.1	A		S	P, S	P, S
1.4.2	A				P, S
1.4.3	AA			P
1.4.4	AA			C	P, S	P
1.4.5	AA		S, C	P, S		P
1.4.6	AAA			P
1.4.7	AAA		P		C	P
1.4.8	AAA			P	P	S
1.4.9	AAA		S	P
1.4.10	AA			P, S	P	S
1.4.11	AA			P
1.4.12	AA			P		S
1.4.13	AA				P	S
2.1.1	A			S	P, S	P
2.1.2	A					P
2.1.3	AAA				P	S
2.1.4	A				P
2.2.1	A	S			P
2.2.2	A			S	P
2.2.3	AAA				P
2.2.4	AAA				P
2.2.5	AAA				P
2.2.6	AAA				P
2.3.1	A			S	P
2.3.2	AAA			S	P
2.3.3	AAA				P, S
2.4.1	A		P, S, C		P, S	P
2.4.2	A		P		S
2.4.3	A			S, C	P, S, C	P
2.4.4	A		P			P
2.4.5	AA				P
2.4.6	AA		P		P, S	S
2.4.7	AA			P, S	S	P
2.4.8	AAA			P	S
2.4.9	AAA		P		S
2.4.10	AAA		P		S	C
2.5.1	A				P
2.5.2	A				P
2.5.3	A		P		S
2.5.4	A				P
2.5.5	AAA			P
2.5.6	AAA				P	S
3.1.1	A		P			P
3.1.2	AA		P			S
3.1.3	AAA		S, C		P
3.1.4	AAA					P
3.1.5	AAA		P, S	P, S	P, S
3.1.6	AAA		C		P	S
3.2.1	A				P	S
3.2.2	A				P, S	P, S
3.2.3	AA			S	P
3.2.4	AA		P	P	S
3.2.5	AAA		S	S	P	P
3.3.1	A			P, S	P, S
3.3.2	A		P	P, S, C	P, S	P
3.3.3	AA		P, S, C	S	P, S	P
3.3.4	AA	S			P	C
3.3.5	AAA		P		S
3.3.6	AAA	S			P
4.1.1	A					P
4.1.2	A		C		P, S	P
4.1.3	AA				P, S	P