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Form label

The visible text tied to a form field in the code, so assistive technology announces what the field is for.

A form label is the text that names a field, such as “Email address,” connected to the field in the code so that clicking the label focuses the field and a screen reader announces it. Placeholder text inside the field is not a label: it vanishes when the person starts typing, it is often too faint to read, and assistive technology may not treat it as a name.

Missing form labels were found on 51% of the top million home pages in the WebAIM Million 2026. The fix is one label element per field. The W3C’s Easy Checks include checking that every field has one and that required fields are marked.

Source

Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), 2024. Checked .

Accessible name
The name a control is announced by, taken from its label, its text, or its alt text.
Error identification
Telling a person which form field has a problem and what to do about it, in text, next to the field.
Screen reader
Software that reads what is on the screen aloud or sends it to a braille display.

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