MEDIUM story-visual-design-accessibility-peer-mentor-008 8 pts
8
Story Points
Medium
Priority
Visual Design Accessibility
Feature

User Story

As a Peer Mentor (Likeperson)
I want my organization's branding (colors, logo, terminology) to be applied to the app interface while ensuring all accessibility standards are maintained
So that I can use an app that feels like it belongs to my organization without sacrificing the contrast, text size, and interaction accessibility I depend on

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a peer mentor from HLF opens the app, when the HLF brand theme is applied, then HLF's brand colors replace the default palette while all contrast ratios remain at or above 4.5:1 for body text
  • Given an organization administrator uploads a custom brand color via the theme-builder, when the color is applied as a primary button background, then the contrast-ratio-validator automatically selects a compliant foreground text color (white or dark) to maintain the 4.5:1 threshold
  • Given a peer mentor from Blindeforbundet uses the app, when the Blindeforbundet theme is active, then all accessibility-immutable tokens (minimum touch targets, minimum font weight, spacing rules) remain unchanged by the branding customization
  • Given a new organization is onboarded to the platform, when their brand configuration is submitted via theme-builder, then the accessibility-design-token-enforcer validates the full theme before it goes live and rejects or auto-corrects any non-compliant color combinations
  • Given an external accessibility auditor reviews a specific organization's branded app version, when evaluating WCAG 2.2 AA compliance, then the branded version passes all contrast and interaction requirements identically to the default theme

Business Value

Each of the four organizations has distinct visual identities. Refusing to support organization branding would make the platform unacceptable to partner organizations. However, unconstrained branding customization is a common source of accessibility regressions — organizations choose brand colors for aesthetic reasons, not accessibility compliance.

A guided theme-builder that validates accessibility constraints at input time enables both organizational autonomy and accessibility compliance without ongoing manual review, directly enabling scalability to additional organizations.