Accessibility in 2 hours – with AI instead of days of manual work

This article was originally published on grossbyte.io. Accessibility was on my list for months. I knew what needed to be done. I kept putting it off anyway — because it always felt like days of tedious work. Last week I just did it. With Claude Code CLI in under 2 hours. What was built Not just the basics – the result exceeds WCAG 2.1 Level AA in the areas covered, including support for system preferences that go beyond the standard: Semantic HTML & ARIA on every interactive element Skip-to-content link, visible focus styles, focus trap in the mobile menu prefers-contrast: more/less, prefers-reduced-motion, prefers-reduced-transparency, forced-colors: active Manual .a11y-mode toggle in the header Fully accessible contact form with aria-live, aria-busy, aria-describedby iOS zoom fix for inputs below 16px font size What surprised me The quality. I expected to do a lot of manual follow-up. Instead, Claude Code implemented the ARIA patterns correctly – disclosure widgets, live regions,