Does the official White House website now have dark mode?

There is a new administration at the helm in Washington, D.C., and the changes are already happening. It didn’t take people online long to notice Wednesday that the official White House website, which transitioned to a new version for the Biden/Harris administration, has some unexpected, but certainly not unwelcome, new features.

One of them is a high contrast mode, essentially dark mode. This is an accessibility feature, designed for people who may have trouble reading dark text on a light background by switching things so that it appears as light text on a dark background. It can be activated by a toggle button located on the left side of the page.

Another immediately noticeable new option, which appears right below the dark mode feature, is large text mode. This feature does exactly what it’s name suggests, enlarging the size of the font on the website without the reader needing to zoom in. This preserves the site’s layout and makes sure nothing gets lost, something that can often happen when people are forced to zoom in on their browsers in order to read something.

And last but not least, anyone taking a dive into the site’s code will notice that the HTML header has a call to serve from the U.S. Digital Service (USDS). “If you’re reading this, we need your help building back better,” it says, with a link to USDS job application site.