Our commitment
House of Icon is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.
Conformance status
We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. These guidelines are the recognized international standard and are the benchmark referenced under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the European Accessibility Act and EN 301 549, the UK Equality Act 2010, the Accessible Canada Act, and Australia's Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
This site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, meaning most of the content meets the standard while some areas are still being refined. We are actively working toward full conformance.
What we've built in
- Keyboard navigation. Every interactive element can be reached and operated with a keyboard alone, in a logical order.
- Skip link. A "skip to main content" link appears when you first press Tab, letting you bypass the navigation.
- Visible focus. A high-contrast outline shows exactly where you are on the page.
- Semantic structure. Proper landmarks, one H1 per page, and headings that follow a logical order for screen readers.
- Descriptive alt text. Meaningful images carry text alternatives; decorative graphics are hidden from assistive technology.
- Color contrast. Body text and interface elements meet or exceed the 4.5:1 ratio; large headings meet 3:1.
- Color is never the only cue. Links and states are distinguishable without relying on color alone.
- Reduced motion. If your device requests reduced motion, our scroll animations and the scrolling banner stop automatically.
- Responsive and zoomable. Content reflows to 320px and remains readable at 200% zoom without loss of function.
- Accessible modals. Portfolio popups can be closed with the Escape key and return focus where you left it.
- Clear link text. Links describe their destination rather than saying "click here."
- Labeled forms. Every input has a visible, programmatically associated label.
Known limitations
We'd rather be honest than claim perfection. We're currently working on:
- Scroll-driven hero animation. The homepage hero is tied to scroll position. The content is available as text to screen readers, and motion is disabled when reduced-motion is requested, but we're continuing to improve the non-visual experience.
- Third-party content. Embedded or externally hosted media may not fully meet our standards. We raise issues with providers when we find them.
- Older portfolio imagery. Some client artwork contains text within the image. We're adding fuller text alternatives.
Compatibility
This site is designed to work with recent versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari on desktop and mobile, used together with assistive technologies including NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack, screen magnification, and speech recognition software. It may not perform as well on browsers more than two versions old.
How we assess
We evaluate accessibility through a combination of self-evaluation, automated testing tools, manual keyboard-only testing, and screen reader testing. Accessibility is reviewed whenever we make significant changes to the site.
Tell us about a barrier
If you encounter anything on this site you can't access or use, we want to know. Your feedback genuinely helps us fix things.
Email: hello@houseoficon.co
Subject line: Accessibility
Please tell us the page address, what you were trying to do, and what got in the way — including the browser and any assistive technology you were using, if you know it.
We aim to acknowledge every report within 2 business days and to resolve valid issues within 10 business days. If a fix will take longer, we'll tell you why and give you a timeline.
Alternative access
If any part of this site remains inaccessible to you, contact us and we will provide the information or complete the transaction through another channel — email, phone, or a live conversation — at no additional cost to you.
Formal complaints
If you're not satisfied with our response, you may contact the relevant authority in your country: in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division; in the UK, the Equality Advisory and Support Service; in Canada, the Accessibility Commissioner; and in Australia, the Australian Human Rights Commission.