diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
index 5c832dbf78..cec24bbc87 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
@@ -1276,6 +1276,33 @@
   // An element hides text beneath it when it paints opaque pixels at near-full
   // opacity: raster content (img/video/canvas), a background image, or a solid
   // background colour. Low-opacity overlays (grain, scrims) do not occlude.
+  const canvasProbe = document.createElement("canvas");
+  canvasProbe.width = 1;
+  canvasProbe.height = 1;
+
+  // The drawn alpha under the point, or null when the canvas cannot be read (then it counts as opaque).
+  function canvasAlphaAt(element, x, y) {
+    const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+    if (rect.width <= 0 || rect.height <= 0 || !element.width || !element.height) return null;
+    const px = Math.min(
+      element.width - 1,
+      Math.max(0, Math.floor(((x - rect.left) / rect.width) * element.width)),
+    );
+    const py = Math.min(
+      element.height - 1,
+      Math.max(0, Math.floor(((y - rect.top) / rect.height) * element.height)),
+    );
+    try {
+      const context = canvasProbe.getContext("2d", { willReadFrequently: true });
+      if (!context) return null;
+      context.clearRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
+      context.drawImage(element, px, py, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1);
+      return context.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data[3] / 255;
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
   function isOpaqueOccluder(element, x, y) {
     const opacity = opacityChain(element);
     if (opacity < OCCLUDING_ALPHA) return false;
@@ -1284,6 +1311,11 @@
       const alpha = imageAlphaAt(element, x, y);
       if (alpha !== null) return alpha * opacity >= OCCLUDING_ALPHA;
     }
+    if (element.tagName === "CANVAS") {
+      const alpha = canvasAlphaAt(element, x, y);
+      if (alpha !== null)
+        return alpha * opacity >= OCCLUDING_ALPHA || hasOpaqueBackground(getComputedStyle(element));
+    }
     const matte = matteFrameFor(element);
     if (matte) return matteOccludesAt(matte, x, y);
     if (RASTER_TAGS.has(element.tagName)) return true;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.chromium.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.chromium.test.ts
index bcb8ed2eb6..4e0318b38f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.chromium.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.chromium.test.ts
@@ -427,6 +427,34 @@ describe.runIf(executablePath)("layout audit in Chromium", () => {
     expect(codes.includes("content_overlap")).toBe(overlap);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    { name: "transparent", fill: "", css: "", covered: false },
+    {
+      name: "opaque",
+      fill: "ctx.fillStyle='#123';ctx.fillRect(0,0,1920,1080);",
+      css: "",
+      covered: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "glyph-only with an opaque CSS background",
+      fill: "",
+      css: "background:#112233;",
+      covered: true,
+    },
+  ])(
+    "judges a full-frame $name canvas over a caption by what it draws",
+    async ({ fill, css, covered }) => {
+      const codes = await auditCodes(`
+      <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" style="position:relative;width:1920px;height:1080px">
+        <div style="position:absolute;inset:0;background:#0b0d12"></div>
+        <p style="position:absolute;left:100px;top:100px;margin:0;font:64px Arial;color:#fff">Caption</p>
+        <canvas id="c" width="1920" height="1080" style="position:absolute;inset:0;width:1920px;height:1080px;z-index:2;${css}"></canvas>
+        <script>const ctx=document.getElementById("c").getContext("2d");${fill}ctx.fillStyle="#fff";ctx.font="64px Arial";ctx.fillText("Drawn",900,900);</script>
+      </div>`);
+      expect(codes.includes("canvas_covered")).toBe(covered);
+    },
+  );
+
   describe("craft sampling", () => {
     async function sample(body: string) {
       const page = await browser.newPage();