Design System
Accessibility Review

A design system can accelerate accessibility. Or it can scale accessibility problems across every product you build.

Many organisations invest heavily in design systems, component libraries and brand frameworks but never fully assess how accessible those foundations really are. Small issues in design tokens, patterns or components can quickly become widespread problems across multiple products, channels and teams.

Our Design System Accessibility Review helps organisations identify accessibility strengths, weaknesses and opportunities within their design systems, component libraries and supporting documentation. Drawing on our experience supporting organisations such as HSBC, LSEG and other large-scale digital estates, we review both the technical and user experience aspects of your design system to ensure accessibility is built into the foundation rather than inspected at the end.

The result is a stronger platform for scalable accessibility, improved development efficiency and greater confidence that products built from the system will support the needs of all users.

Who our Design System Accessibility Review helps

Suitable for…

Design System Teams
UX and UI Leads
Product Design Teams
Front-End Architecture Teams
Accessibility Leads
Development Managers

Duration…

Design system review and analysis
Findings workshop
Recommendations presentation
Duration varies depending on the size and complexity of the design system.

Audience size…

4-10 stakeholders

What you get from our Accessible Design System Review

What we'll review...

Component accessibility
Design patterns
Interaction behaviours
Accessibility documentation
Design tokens and themes
Testing approaches
Governance and maintenance processes

Benefits to you...

Accessibility built into foundational assets
Reduced downstream remediation costs
Greater consistency across products
Improved developer productivity
Better user experiences
More scalable accessibility governance

What our clients say...

Client Feedback: These are really robust and fully thought through. They will help us define what good accessibility is for years to come.
Accessibility Manager, HSBC

What it’s like working with Hassell Inclusion

We’re known for making accessibility practical: working with your team, showing issues live, and agreeing fixes with you that you can ship quickly. Clients value the speed, clarity, and empowerment of our Audit formats — they turn accessibility from a long report into an agile, collaborative working session that improves your key user journeys.