Google's Material UI icons re-packaged as a set of React components without being dependent on Emotion.
npm install --save @digitalservicebund/icons
import WarningAmberIcon from "@digitalservicebund/icons/WarningAmber";
<WarningAmberIcon />
<WarningAmberIcon className="w-48 h-48" />
By default, the icons provided are hidden from screen readers (using aria-hidden="true"
). It is assumed that icons are used purely for decorative purposes. That they only ever accompany a text that is meaningful even without an icon.
If this is not the case and the icon has sematic meaning, you have to take extra steps. Sara Soueidan shows some techniques regarding Accessible Icon Buttons.
Just in case you make an icon visible to screen readers, icons also have an appropriate ARIA role (role="graphics-symbol"
).