The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, commonly known as WCAG (wuh-kayg), are an internationally recognized standard for measuring the accessibility of digital technologies. Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium and initially released in 1999, WCAG has become the de facto standard for accessibility, especially in the United States. Originally intended for measuring web accessibility, WCAG’s technology-agnostic guidelines have since been applied to a broad spectrum of technologies and tools. WCAG recommendations now offer testable and provable guidelines for accessible web content and apps, stand-alone apps, mobile apps, kiosks, electronic documents, social media, and a host of other common technologies.
WCAG version 2.1, Level AA is the current standard for web accessibility at the University of Iowa.