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Executive Leadership Team

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

August 2025

July 2025

Accenture plc

Title / URL	Issues
What We Think \| Business & Technology Insights \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/insights-index	5
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.accenture.com/ie-en	2
Ireland \| Let There Be Change \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/ie-en	2
U.S. \| Let There Be Change \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en	2
Utilities Consulting Services \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/utilities	1
Locationswww.accenture.com/us-en/about/location	1
Metaverse Enterprise Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/services/metaverse	1
Supply Chain Networks Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/services/supply-chain	1
Healthcare Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/health	1
Executive Leadership Teamwww.accenture.com/us-en/about/leadership	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Accenture plc

Where this issue has occurred