Agency for
Digital Accessibility

Q: Is accessibility legally required?

Yes – for many websites, digital accessibility is a legal obligation. Public sector websites in Germany must comply with the BITV 2.0 (Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance). Starting June 28, 2025, the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) will also apply to many private providers – for example, in e-commerce or digital services.

Q: Which websites are not required to be accessible?

Small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and annual revenues under €2 million are exempt from the BFSG.However, accessibility still makes sense for them – from a legal, ethical, and business perspective.Public sector organizations, on the other hand, are required to provide accessible websites regardless of their size.

Q: What does accessibility include?

Digital accessibility covers a wide range of aspects: Technology: e.g. semantic HTML code, keyboard navigation Design: sufficient contrast, scalable font sizes Content: clear language, alt text for images, subtitles for videos The goal is to design websites that are usable for everyone – including people with disabilities.

Q: What does digital accessibility mean?

Digital accessibility means that websites, apps, and digital documents can be used by everyone without external assistance – regardless of vision, mobility, speech, or the use of assistive technologies.It is based on international standards such as the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).

We build websites for all User – for maximum digital inclusion.

What is an accessible Website?

Accessible web design makes websites usable for everyone – including people with disabilities. This includes, for example, good readability, keyboard navigation, and easy-to-understand content.

Why is
Accessibility
so important?

✔ Future-proof Website

✔ More audience reach

✔ Legal compliance

Is your Website really accessible?

Our Accessibility Checklist helps you to check important requirements. Here’s an excerpt of the mandatory requirements from two critical areas:

Technical fundamentals

Accessibility starts in the code – and often comes down to implementation.

Customizable presentation: Content must remain understandable even without stylesheets or layout structures.
Responsive design: No two-dimensional scrolling (i.e., vertical and horizontal), no fixed orientation.
Keyboard accessibility: The website must be fully operable without a mouse – including the ability to exit menus using the keyboard.

Content & Design

Good design speaks to everyone – provided it considers all users.

Contrast & colors: Minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text – logos excluded.
Alt text: Every image, icon, or non-text element needs a textual description.
Link text: The purpose of a link must be clear through text or context alone.

Check accessibility – better now than never

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Accessibility Audit

✅ Comprehensive WCAG audit of your entire website (incl. A/AA criteria)

✅ Clear results dashboard with prioritized to-dos and actionable recommendations

✅ Visual suggestions: Scribbles & wireframes to improve UX

✅ Contrast and readability tests for optimal user guidance

✅ Review of responsive design, loading speed & mobile usability

✅ Focus on alt texts, form errors, videos & interactive content

Agency for Accessibility

Our Accessibility Experts

With over 7 years of SEO and UX/UI experience, our team of experts in Berlin is here to help you push your website to the top of the rankings. Thanks to our interdisciplinary approach, we as agency can also tap into valuable know-how from related marketing fields such as web analytics, tracking, and conversion rate optimization – giving us the ability to think beyond SEO and deliver holistic results.

DANIEL KIEFER

Design & Development

CORINNA VORREITER

Head of Organic

LARA HÖTZSCH

Senior Marketing Manager

JOHANNES BECHT

Marketing Manager

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Is accessibility legally required?

Yes – for many websites, digital accessibility is a legal obligation. Public sector websites in Germany must comply with the BITV 2.0 (Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance). Starting June 28, 2025, the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) will also apply to many private providers – for example, in e-commerce or digital services.

Which websites are not required to be accessible?

Small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and annual revenues under €2 million are exempt from the BFSG.

However, accessibility still makes sense for them – from a legal, ethical, and business perspective.

Public sector organizations, on the other hand, are required to provide accessible websites regardless of their size.

What does accessibility include?