Savings Calculator | YBS

Understand Your Savings Account Interest Rates | Savings | YBS

App | Savings | YBS

Power of Attorney | Help and support | YBS

View our Easy Access Savings Accounts | Savings | YBS

Payment Guidance | Help & Support | YBS

Savings accounts | Savings | YBS

Remortgaging | Explore our best remortgage deals | YBS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) | YBS

Get your YBS money MOT | YBS

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

July 2025

June 2025

Yorkshire Building Society

Title / URL	Issues
Savings Calculator \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/savings-calculator	5
Understand Your Savings Account Interest Rates \| Savings \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/savings/interest-rates	1
App \| Savings \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/savings-app	1
Power of Attorney \| Help and support \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/help/power-of-attorney	1
View our Easy Access Savings Accounts \| Savings \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/savings/easy-access	1
Payment Guidance \| Help & Support \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/help/payment-guidance	1
Savings accounts \| Savings \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/savings	1
Remortgaging \| Explore our best remortgage deals \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/mortgages/remortgage	1
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/savings/help/fscs	1
Get your YBS money MOT \| YBSwww.ybs.co.uk/money-mot	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Yorkshire Building Society

Where this issue has occurred