diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
index 919b7ed59e..10d9538dca 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
@@ -245,10 +245,8 @@
     return rects;
   }
 
-  function textRectFor(element, directOnly) {
-    const rects = textClientRects(element, directOnly);
+  function unionRects(rects) {
     if (rects.length === 0) return null;
-
     const union = rects.reduce(
       (acc, rect) => ({
         left: Math.min(acc.left, rect.left),
@@ -263,7 +261,6 @@
         bottom: Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
       },
     );
-
     return toRect({
       ...union,
       width: union.right - union.left,
@@ -271,6 +268,38 @@
     });
   }
 
+  function visibleTextClientRects(element, directOnly) {
+    // Range rects stay geometrically present outside an overflow clip. Reduce
+    // them in viewport coordinates so overlap measures only paintable text.
+    let rects = textClientRects(element, directOnly).map(toRect);
+    for (
+      let ancestor = element.parentElement;
+      ancestor && rects.length > 0;
+      ancestor = ancestor.parentElement
+    ) {
+      const style = getComputedStyle(ancestor);
+      const clipX = clipsOverflowValue(style.overflowX || style.overflow);
+      const clipY = clipsOverflowValue(style.overflowY || style.overflow);
+      if (!clipX && !clipY) continue;
+      const clip = toRect(ancestor.getBoundingClientRect());
+      rects = rects
+        .map((rect) => {
+          const left = clipX ? Math.max(rect.left, clip.left) : rect.left;
+          const right = clipX ? Math.min(rect.right, clip.right) : rect.right;
+          const top = clipY ? Math.max(rect.top, clip.top) : rect.top;
+          const bottom = clipY ? Math.min(rect.bottom, clip.bottom) : rect.bottom;
+          if (right - left <= 0.5 || bottom - top <= 0.5) return null;
+          return toRect({ left, right, top, bottom, width: right - left, height: bottom - top });
+        })
+        .filter(Boolean);
+    }
+    return rects;
+  }
+
+  function textRectFor(element, directOnly) {
+    return unionRects(textClientRects(element, directOnly));
+  }
+
   function parsePx(value) {
     const parsed = Number.parseFloat(value);
     return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : 0;
@@ -317,9 +346,13 @@
     return hasBackground || hasImage || hasBorder || hasRadius;
   }
 
+  function clipsOverflowValue(value) {
+    return value && value !== "visible" && value !== "clip visible";
+  }
+
   function clipsOverflow(style) {
-    return [style.overflowX, style.overflowY, style.overflow].some(
-      (value) => value && value !== "visible" && value !== "clip visible",
+    return [style.overflowX, style.overflowY, style.overflow].some((value) =>
+      clipsOverflowValue(value),
     );
   }
 
@@ -587,8 +620,8 @@
     const blocks = [];
     for (const element of Array.from(root.querySelectorAll("*"))) {
       if (!isSolidTextBlock(element)) continue;
-      const rects = textClientRects(element, true);
-      const rect = textRectFor(element, true);
+      const rects = visibleTextClientRects(element, true);
+      const rect = unionRects(rects);
       if (rect) blocks.push({ element, rect, rects });
     }
     return blocks;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts
index 783b5e877a..daba1ee03f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts
@@ -1303,6 +1303,31 @@ describe("layout-audit.browser content overlap", () => {
     });
     expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.code === "content_overlap")).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it.each(["hidden", "clip", "auto", "scroll"])(
+    "excludes fully clipped text under overflow:%s",
+    (overflow) => {
+      const issues = auditOverflowClippedOverlap({
+        overflow,
+        clipRect: rect({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 640, height: 100 }),
+        aTextRect: rect({ left: 100, top: 180, width: 300, height: 80 }),
+        bTextRect: rect({ left: 120, top: 190, width: 300, height: 80 }),
+      });
+
+      expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.code === "content_overlap")).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("uses the painted fragment area after partial overflow clipping", () => {
+    const issues = auditOverflowClippedOverlap({
+      overflow: "hidden",
+      clipRect: rect({ left: 390, top: 0, width: 250, height: 200 }),
+      aTextRect: rect({ left: 100, top: 50, width: 300, height: 100 }),
+      bTextRect: rect({ left: 397, top: 50, width: 50, height: 100 }),
+    });
+
+    expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.code === "content_overlap")).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("contrast-audit.browser clip-path visibility", () => {
@@ -1721,9 +1746,33 @@ function auditOverlapScene(options: {
   return runAudit();
 }
 
+function auditOverflowClippedOverlap(options: {
+  overflow: string;
+  clipRect: DOMRect;
+  aTextRect: DOMRect;
+  bTextRect: DOMRect;
+}): ReturnType<typeof runAudit> {
+  document.body.innerHTML = `
+    <div id="root" data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
+      <div id="clip"><div id="a">Block A copy</div></div>
+      <div id="b">Block B copy</div>
+    </div>
+  `;
+  const textRects = { a: [options.aTextRect], b: [options.bTextRect] };
+  installOverlapStyles(
+    { a: "rgb(0, 0, 0)", b: "rgb(0, 0, 0)" },
+    { a: "none", b: "none" },
+    { clip: options.overflow },
+  );
+  installOverlapGeometry(textRects, { clip: options.clipRect });
+  installAuditScript();
+  return runAudit();
+}
+
 function installOverlapStyles(
   colors: Record<string, string>,
   clipPaths: Record<string, string>,
+  overflows: Record<string, string> = {},
 ): void {
   vi.spyOn(window, "getComputedStyle").mockImplementation((element) => {
     const id = (element as Element).id;
@@ -1733,6 +1782,9 @@ function installOverlapStyles(
       opacity: "1",
       color: colors[id] ?? "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
       clipPath: clipPaths[id] ?? "none",
+      overflow: overflows[id] ?? "visible",
+      overflowX: overflows[id] ?? "visible",
+      overflowY: overflows[id] ?? "visible",
     } as unknown as CSSStyleDeclaration;
   });
 
@@ -1745,10 +1797,14 @@ function installOverlapStyles(
   };
 }
 
-function installOverlapGeometry(textRects: Record<string, DOMRect[]>): void {
+function installOverlapGeometry(
+  textRects: Record<string, DOMRect[]>,
+  elementRects: Record<string, DOMRect> = {},
+): void {
   for (const element of Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("*"))) {
     vi.spyOn(element, "getBoundingClientRect").mockReturnValue(
-      boundingTextRect(textRects[element.id]) ??
+      elementRects[element.id] ??
+        boundingTextRect(textRects[element.id]) ??
         rect({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080 }),
     );
   }