If visually, link and text appear similar, Can we map it in any WCAG guideline as failure?

[rahulpundir019]

In the image below, we have a breadcrumb where the first item is a link in grey color(underline appears on mouse hover), and the second item is just normal text, which also looks the same as a link

Raising this bug to clarify if we can map this to any WCAG guideline.

[bruce-usab]

As I understand the question, the first "Getting help and contacting Alienware" is a hypertext link and then that text repeats as an H1 or H2.

• Is that correct?
• Are you asking if this fails an SC?
• Or, are you asking how to argue that this fails against an SC (presumably, because you think it is a poor design choice)?

[rahulpundir019]

1. yes
2. yes
3. I think it's more of usability issue as all users might not know that it is link unless they know about breadcrumb pattern or explore it so just want to confirm if we can map in any WCAG.

[patrickhlauke]

currently no, there is no SC that mandates that interactive and non-interactive text/controls need to be visually distinguishable. SCs only kick in when the author has started using color, non-text elements, or similar, to guarantee that that distinction can be perceived/understood by everybody the same way