WCAG 4.1.2: Name, role, value

In European law this criterion is EN 301 549 clause 9.4.1.2 — chapter 9, the part of the harmonised standard that applies to websites under the European Accessibility Act.

What automation checks

29 axe-core rules test failures of this criterion. Our scanner runs them on every page it visits:

area-alt
aria-allowed-attr
aria-braille-equivalent
aria-command-name
aria-conditional-attr
aria-deprecated-role
aria-hidden-body
aria-hidden-focus
aria-input-field-name
aria-prohibited-attr
aria-required-attr
aria-roledescription
aria-roles
aria-tab-name
aria-toggle-field-name
aria-tooltip-name
aria-valid-attr-value
aria-valid-attr
button-name
duplicate-id-aria
frame-title-unique
frame-title
input-button-name
input-image-alt
label
link-name
nested-interactive
select-name
summary-name

What automation cannot prove

An automated test finds some failures of WCAG 4.1.2; it cannot confirm the criterion is met. Whether the result actually works for people — in context, with real content — is a judgement call that needs a human auditor. Nothing on this page is a statement of conformance or legal advice. The full map of what our scanner covers and where it stops is on what our scanner checks.

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