An antireflective coating composition comprising: a) a crosslinking agent, that can crosslink with a crosslinkable polymer in the presence of an acid, whereby the crosslinking agent is selected from the group consisting of melamines, methylols, glycoluril, polymeric glycolurils, benzoguanamine, urea, hydroxy alkyl amides, epoxy and epoxy amine resins, blocked isocyanates, divinyl monomers, monomeric melamines, aromatic methylols, vinyl ether terminated crosslinking agents, b) a polymer, which is based on at least substituted or unsubstituted vinyl monomers containing a hydroxyl and/or carboxyl group, comprising a crosslinkable group and at least one chromophore group wherein the chromophore group is selected from a substituted phenyl group, unsubstituted phenyl group, substituted anthracyl group, unsubstituted anthracyl group, substituted phenanthryl group, unsubstituted phenanthryl group, substituted naphthyl group, unsubstituted naphthyl group, substituted heterocyclic aromatic rings containing heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, and unsubstituted heterocyclic aromatic rings containing heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, and a mixture thereof, and c) an additive, further where the additive has structure 1 and comprises at least one arylene-hydroxyl moiety, where Y is selected from an carboxylate anion or sulfonate anion, R 1, R 2, and R 3 are independently selected from unsubstituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, aryl and arylene-hydroxyl; X 1, X 2, and X 3 are independently selected from direct valence bond and C 1 -C 8 alkylene group, and, n = 1, 2 or 3. a) a crosslinking agent, that can crosslink with a crosslinkable polymer in the presence of an acid, whereby the crosslinking agent is selected from the group consisting of melamines, methylols, glycoluril, polymeric glycolurils, benzoguanamine, urea, hydroxy alkyl amides, epoxy and epoxy amine resins, blocked isocyanates, divinyl monomers, monomeric melamines, aromatic methylols, vinyl ether terminated crosslinking agents, b) a polymer, which is based on at least substituted or unsubstituted vinyl monomers containing a hydroxyl and/or carboxyl group, comprising a crosslinkable group and at least one chromophore group wherein the chromophore group is selected from a substituted phenyl group, unsubstituted phenyl group, substituted anthracyl group, unsubstituted anthracyl group, substituted phenanthryl group, unsubstituted phenanthryl group, substituted naphthyl group, unsubstituted naphthyl group, substituted heterocyclic aromatic rings containing heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, and unsubstituted heterocyclic aromatic rings containing heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, and a mixture thereof, and c) an additive, further where the additive has structure 1 and comprises at least one arylene-hydroxyl moiety, where Y is selected from an carboxylate anion or sulfonate anion, R 1, R 2, and R 3 are independently selected from unsubstituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, aryl and arylene-hydroxyl; X 1, X 2, and X 3 are independently selected from direct valence bond and C 1 -C 8 alkylene group, and, n = 1, 2 or 3.