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Images must have alternate text

Ensures <img> elements have alternate text or a role of none or presentation

Status
Failed
Impact
Critical
Category
Text Alternatives
WCAG criteria
Guidance
Deque University

1 issue across 1 page

#1

How to fix

To fix the issue, you need to resolve at least one of these:

  • Element does not have an alt attribute
  • aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty
  • aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty
  • Element has no title attribute
  • Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation"

Where to fix

We found occurrences on 1 page:

  1. alphagov.github.io/accessibility-tool-audit/tests/images-image-with-no-alt-attribute.html

    HTML node 
    <img src="../assets/test_images/bbc-blocks-dark.png">
    CSS selector 
    img