Checked 9/24/2026 · https://www.zeit.de/index
No critical barriers in the checked HTML · 3 pointe to follow up.
How is the score formed? (100 starting points)
| 2 form fields without a recognisable label | -7 |
| Heading level skipped | -7 |
| 1 duplicate id attributes | -7 |
| Result | 79 / 100 |
Perceivable
2 form fields without a recognisable label
Check whether there is an aria-label set via JavaScript.
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="z. B. Theodor Eicke"><input id=":R0:" placeholder="z. B. Leipzig, Hamburg, …">
This is what you should do: Link each field to a <label for> element or set aria-label / aria-labelledby. A placeholder alone is not enough.
Operable
Heading level skipped
Sequence: 1 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 2 → 2 → 2 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 2 → 2 → 2 → 3 → 2 → 2 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 2 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4 → 4. Levels should not be skipped (h2 → h4).
h1–h6
This is what you should do: Assign the heading levels without gaps.
Robust
1 duplicate id attributes
e.g. svg-zplus. Breaks label-for and aria links.
[id]
This is what you should do: Assign unique ids.
Already handled correctly
- Text alternatives: no automatically recognisable issues
- A skip link to the content exists
- A <main> landmark exists
- Contrast: no unambiguous breaches found in the CSS
Next steps
- 2 form fields without a recognisable label. Link each field to a <label for> element or set aria-label / aria-labelledby. A placeholder alone is not enough.
- Heading level skipped. Assign the heading levels without gaps.
- 1 duplicate id attributes. Assign unique ids.
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Method & limits
On 9/24/2026 the HTML that www.zeit.de delivers on a first visit without login was checked, plus up to four linked CSS files from the same domain. Checked: colour contrast (from CSS), text alternatives, form labelling, names of controls, heading structure, page title and page language, zoom lock, duplicate ids, positive tabindex values, landmarks.
Not checked: anything that arises via JavaScript, keyboard operability, visible focus, focus order, screen-reader announcement, content behind login, subpages. The automated test finds roughly 20–35% of WCAG breaches — the rest needs a manual check. A snapshot, not a legal decision.
Overlay widgets (accessibility buttons that switch contrast or font size) do not make a site conformant — the barriers found have to be fixed in the source code. Why overlays don't help