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Dark reader[0] has been a godsend when it comes to readability. Sure the content isn't how the creator intended it but most of the pages don't have a dark mode option so Dark Reader's rendering suits my eyes and I find that to a certain extent, it also improves readability, especially for those low-contrast texts.
[0]: https://darkreader.org/
For the past 20 years, I've been using the 'zap' and 'zap images' bookmarklets from this web site:
https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html
They don't work on every site, but they're a good start. 'Reader mode' bookmarklets like https://github.com/lordastley/readable can often be configured for simple white on black text too.
> This isn't subjective or aesthetics, it's an objective measurement.
I’m going to push back against this slightly (I’m not disagreeing that the HN contrast is bad, but I am challenging the WCAG ratios). It’s objective, but it’s not a good measurement. WCAG computes contrast in sRGB, which is not perceptually uniform. As such there are cases where WCAG will give better scores to worse contrast.
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/695
It’s the biggest thing I wish would be changed in WCAG.