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EAA on Sanity: complete compliance checklist
Implementing EAA compliance on Sanity means addressing the platform's specific failure modes (schema design without required alt text, portable text renderers losing semantics) while applying European Accessibility Act success criteria across content, code, and editorial workflow.
EAA in 60 seconds
The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) is the EU's prescriptive accessibility law that takes effect 28 June 2025, requiring covered products and services — banking, e-commerce, transport, audiovisual media, ebooks and computer hardware — to meet harmonised accessibility requirements derived from EN 301 549 and WCAG 2.1 AA.
Sanity accessibility — what you are starting with
Sanity's headless model means accessibility is delivered downstream. The Studio is reasonably accessible; the failure mode is schema design and front-end rendering.
EAA setup checklist for Sanity
1. Require alt text in image schema: Validation rules at schema level.
2. Audit Portable Text renderer: Map block types to semantic HTML.
Common EAA failures on Sanity
• Schema design without required alt text
• Portable Text renderers losing semantics
Putting it together
Combine EAA's Level AA requirements with Sanity's native tooling. Bake accessibility into your component library and editorial workflow; instrument axe-core in CI for regression.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Cited answers. Sourced. Updated as standards and case law change.
Is Sanity EAA-compliant out of the box?
Sanity Studio targets WCAG 2.1 AA. Consuming-app accessibility is the larger consideration.
What is the easiest path to EAA compliance on Sanity?
Start with the platform's most-accessible default theme (where applicable), audit each installed plugin/extension/module, train content authors on alt text and heading hierarchy, and instrument axe-core in your CI pipeline.
Is Sanity Studio accessible?
Sanity Studio targets WCAG 2.1 AA. Consuming-app accessibility is the larger consideration.
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