label background-color: pink;
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title></title> <style type="text/css"> label:after { content: ": "; } label { background-color: pink; color: black; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; } </style> </head> <body> <form action="" method="post"> <label for="uname">Username</label> <input type="text" name="uname" id="uname" value="" /><br /> <label for="pname">Password</label> <input type="text" name="uname" id="uname" value="" /><br /> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" class="buttonSubmit" /> </form> </body> </html>