accessibility-guidelines

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Headings and labels

Headings must describe the topic of the page’s sections.
Labels must describe the purpose of form inputs.

Headings must indicate the topic or purpose of the content in that section of the page, and labels must indicate the purpose of the field they relate to.


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Requirements

Common mistakes

Why?

This ensures that:

Official wording in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

2.4.6 Headings and Labels: Headings and labels describe topic or purpose. (Level AA)

See the W3C’s detailed explanation of this guideline with techniques and examples.


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