WCAG 2.1 on Magento / Adobe Commerce: complete compliance checklist

WCAG 2.1 in 60 seconds

WCAG 2.1 is the World Wide Web Consortium's accessibility standard published June 2018, adding 17 success criteria to WCAG 2.0 — primarily addressing mobile, low vision, and cognitive disabilities — and currently referenced as the conformance baseline by the European Accessibility Act and most procurement frameworks.

Magento / Adobe Commerce accessibility — what you are starting with

Magento powers many mid-market and enterprise e-commerce sites where accessibility is a procurement requirement (EAA in EU). The platform's complexity (layered checkout, multi-store, B2B features) introduces specific failure modes.

WCAG 2.1 setup checklist for Magento / Adobe Commerce

1. Audit base theme: Luma is more accessible than Blank as a starting point.

2. Test checkout end-to-end with SR + keyboard: Multi-step checkout is the most common failure surface.

Common WCAG 2.1 failures on Magento / Adobe Commerce

• Complex layered navigation

• Custom checkout extensions

• Inaccessible B2B account-management features

• Multi-store inconsistency

Putting it together

Combine WCAG 2.1's AA requirements with Magento / Adobe Commerce's native tooling. Bake accessibility into your component library and editorial workflow; instrument axe-core in CI for regression.