WCAG Guides

Actionable accessibility guides organized by disability area and WCAG conformance level. Use the filters to find the guidance you need.

91 guides

	Topic
1	Role="text" must not contain focusable elements	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
2	User-scalable=no must not disable zoom	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
3	Meta refresh must not auto-refresh under 20 hours in HTML	Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
4	Remove blinking and flashing content	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
5	ARIA attributes must use valid names and values for WCAG	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
6	ARIA tooltip needs an accessible name	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
7	Valid ARIA role values are required	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
8	ARIA roles require correct parent roles for accessibility	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
9	ARIA required owned elements require child roles to work	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
10	ARIA widget roles required attributes	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
11	Prohibited ARIA attributes must not be used for roles in UI	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
12	ARIA progressbar needs accessible name	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
13	ARIA meter needs accessible names	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
14	ARIA inputs need accessible names	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
15	Aria-hidden elements must not contain focusable content	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
16	Avoid aria-hidden on the document body element entirely	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
17	Deprecated ARIA roles must not be used	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
18	ARIA attributes must match role specs	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
19	ARIA links, buttons, and menu items need accessible name	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
20	ARIA attributes must match role rules	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
21	Buttons must have discernible text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
22	Complementary landmark at top level	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
23	Tabindex over 0 breaks logical focus	Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
24	ARIA toggle fields must have names	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
25	Autocomplete must match input purpose	Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
26	Heading order must be hierarchical	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
27	Banner landmark must be top-level	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
28	Autoplay audio longer than 3s needs accessible controls	Hearing	WCAG 2.2 Level A
29	ARIA attribute values must be valid	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
30	Table headers must link to data cells	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
31	Unique ID values for ARIA and labels	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
32	Main landmark must be unique per page	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
33	Aria-braillelabel and brailleroledescription must be paired	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
34	Touch target size and spacing rules	Mobility Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
35	Links with same accessible name must match purpose sitewide	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
36	Server-side image maps are not allowed	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
37	Alt text must not duplicate link text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
38	Images need alt text or be decorative	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
39	Avoid multiple labels on form fields	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
40	Lists must contain only li elements	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
41	Correct scope attribute on tables	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
42	Nested interactive controls must not include focusable items	Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
43	Contentinfo landmark must be top-level	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
44	Valid lang attribute language codes	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
45	HTML lang and xml:lang must match	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
46	Iframe titles must be unique and clear	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
47	Text color contrast must meet WCAG AA	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
48	Table headers must have visible text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
49	Iframes focusable content must not use tabindex=-1 (WCAG)	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
50	Input buttons require discernible text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
51	Lang attribute must have a valid value	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
52	HTML lang attribute needed on pages	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
53	Landmarks: contain all page content	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
54	Table caption and summary cannot match	Blind Hearing	WCAG 2.2 Level A
55	Unique landmark role/name combinations	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
56	Single banner landmark per page only	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
57	H1 heading must lead main content	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
58	ARIA dialog accessible name required	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
59	ARIA role values must be valid and never abstract roles	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
60	Definition lists must contain ordered dt then dd elements	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
61	Main landmark must be top-level only	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
62	Distinguish links from surrounding text, not color alone	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
63	Select elements need accessible labels	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
64	Skip links need a focusable target	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
65	One contentinfo landmark per page	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
66	Make text spacing adjustable with CSS	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
67	Data table headers must stay within their table scope only	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
68	Keyboard access for scrollable content	Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
69	Image map areas must have alternate text for links and the image	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
70	Unique iframe titles: fix and test	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
71	Touch target size/spacing: 24px min	Mobility Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
72	SVG img role needs a text alternative	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
73	ARIA treeitem requires accessible name	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
74	Presentational elements must not be focusable or have ARIA	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
75	Unique accesskey values on every page	Mobility Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
76	Text color contrast must meet WCAG ratios	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
77	Role img elements must have alt text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
78	Dt and dd must be inside a dl element	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
79	Image input buttons need alt text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
80	List items must be inside ul or ol	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
81	Marquee elements must not be used	Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
82	Do not use the meta refresh tag	Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
83	Viewport must allow zoom (user-scalable)	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level A
84	Object elements need text alternatives	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
85	Captions track required for videos	Blind Hearing	WCAG 2.2 Level A
86	Page title must be non-empty, unique	Blind Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
87	Main landmark to skip repeated blocks	Blind Mobility Cognitive	WCAG 2.2 Level A
88	Headings must include discernible text	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
89	Links need discernible text and focus	Blind Mobility	WCAG 2.2 Level AA
90	Form elements require programmatic labels for WCAG 2.2	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A
91	Form input labels must be visible; avoid title/aria only	Blind	WCAG 2.2 Level A