diff --git a/app/helpers/profile_helper.rb b/app/helpers/profile_helper.rb
index 34627e4e5..333971607 100644
--- a/app/helpers/profile_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/profile_helper.rb
@@ -15,4 +15,13 @@ module ProfileHelper
 
     { github: urls["GitHub"], twitter: urls["Twitter"], facebook: urls["Facebook"] }.compact
   end
+
+  def character_count_denominator(field_type)
+    case field_type
+    when "text_field"
+      "100"
+    when "text_area"
+      "200"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/userProfileSettings.js b/app/javascript/packs/userProfileSettings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8013fd49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/userProfileSettings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const userFieldIds = ['user[name]', 'user[email]', 'user[username]'];
+const profileFieldIds = Array.from(
+  document.querySelectorAll('[id^="profile["]'),
+).map((node) => node.id);
+const allFieldIds = [...userFieldIds, ...profileFieldIds];
+
+export function fieldCharacterLimits() {
+  window.addEventListener('load', () => {
+    allFieldIds.forEach((field_id) => {
+      const field = document.getElementById(field_id);
+      const fieldValueLength = field.value.length;
+      const fieldCharacterSpan = document.getElementById(
+        field.dataset.characterSpanId,
+      );
+      fieldCharacterSpan.innerHTML = fieldValueLength;
+    });
+
+    document
+      .getElementById('user-profile-form')
+      .addEventListener('keyup', (event) => {
+        if (!event.target.dataset.characterSpanId) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        document.getElementById(
+          event.target.dataset.characterSpanId,
+        ).innerHTML = event.target.value.length;
+      });
+  });
+}
+
+fieldCharacterLimits();
diff --git a/app/views/users/_profile.html.erb b/app/views/users/_profile.html.erb
index 9ea4bf46e..14976e153 100644
--- a/app/views/users/_profile.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/_profile.html.erb
@@ -1,20 +1,40 @@
-<%= javascript_packs_with_chunks_tag "colorPreview", "validateFileInputs", "stickySaveFooter", defer: true %>
+<%= javascript_packs_with_chunks_tag "colorPreview", "stickySaveFooter", "userProfileSettings", "validateFileInputs", defer: true %>
 
 <%= render "users/additional_authentication" %>
 
-<%= form_with(url: profile_path(@user.profile_id), method: "put", html: { class: "sticky-footer-form" }) do |f| %>
+<%= form_with(url: profile_path(@user.profile_id), method: "put", html: { class: "sticky-footer-form", id: "user-profile-form" }) do |f| %>
 
   <div class="crayons-card crayons-card--content-rows">
     <h2>User</h2>
 
     <div class="crayons-field">
       <%= f.label :name, for: "user[name]", class: "crayons-field__label" %>
-      <%= f.text_field "user[name]", maxlength: 30, class: "crayons-textfield", placeholder: "John Doe", value: @user.name %>
+      <%= f.text_field "user[name]",
+                       maxlength: 30,
+                       class: "crayons-textfield",
+                       placeholder: "John Doe",
+                       value: @user.name,
+                       aria: { describedby: "name-description" },
+                       data: { character_span_id: "name-characters" } %>
+      <div id="name-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+        <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+        <span id="name-characters"></span>/30
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="crayons-field">
       <%= f.label :email, for: "user[email]", class: "crayons-field__label" %>
-      <%= f.text_field "user[email]", class: "crayons-textfield", placeholder: "john.doe@example.com", value: @user.email %>
+      <%= f.text_field "user[email]",
+                       maxlength: 50,
+                       class: "crayons-textfield",
+                       placeholder: "john.doe@example.com",
+                       value: @user.email,
+                       aria: { describedby: "email-description" },
+                       data: { character_span_id: "email-characters" } %>
+      <div id="email-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+        <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+        <span id="email-characters"></span>/50
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="crayons-field crayons-field--checkbox">
@@ -24,7 +44,17 @@
 
     <div class="crayons-field">
       <%= f.label :username, for: "user[username]", class: "crayons-field__label" %>
-      <%= f.text_field "user[username]", maxlength: 30, class: "crayons-textfield", placeholder: "johndoe", value: @user.username %>
+      <%= f.text_field "user[username]",
+                       maxlength: 30,
+                       class: "crayons-textfield",
+                       placeholder: "johndoe",
+                       value: @user.username,
+                       aria: { describedby: "username-description" },
+                       data: { character_span_id: "username-characters" } %>
+      <div id="username-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+        <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+        <span id="username-characters"></span>/30
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="crayons-field">
@@ -51,9 +81,16 @@
         <%= t("views.users.profile_fields.website.label") %>
       </label>
       <%= f.url_field "profile[website_url]",
+                      maxlength: 100,
                       value: profile.website_url,
                       placeholder: "https://yoursite.com",
-                      class: "crayons-textfield js-color-field" %>
+                      class: "crayons-textfield",
+                      aria: { describedby: "url-description" },
+                      data: { character_span_id: "url-characters" } %>
+      <div id="url-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+        <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+        <span id="url-characters"></span>/100
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="crayons-field">
@@ -61,9 +98,16 @@
         <%= t("views.users.profile_fields.location.label") %>
       </label>
       <%= f.text_field "profile[location]",
+                       maxlength: 100,
                        value: profile.location,
                        placeholder: t("views.users.profile_fields.location.placeholder"),
-                       class: "crayons-textfield js-color-field" %>
+                       class: "crayons-textfield",
+                       aria: { describedby: "location-description" },
+                       data: { character_span_id: "location-characters" } %>
+      <div id="location-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+        <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+        <span id="location-characters"></span>/100
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="crayons-field">
@@ -71,9 +115,16 @@
         <%= t("views.users.profile_fields.bio.label") %>
       </label>
       <%= f.text_area "profile[summary]",
+                      maxlength: 200,
                       value: profile.summary,
                       placeholder: t("views.users.profile_fields.bio.placeholder"),
-                      class: "crayons-textfield js-color-field" %>
+                      class: "crayons-textfield",
+                      aria: { describedby: "summary-description" },
+                      data: { character_span_id: "summary-characters" } %>
+      <div id="summary-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+        <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+        <span id="summary-characters"></span>/200
+      </div>
     </div>
   </div>
 
@@ -103,7 +154,13 @@
                               "profile[#{field.attribute_name}]",
                               value: profile.public_send(field.attribute_name),
                               placeholder: field["placeholder_text"],
+                              aria: { describedby: "#{field.attribute_name}-description" },
+                              data: { character_span_id: "#{field.attribute_name}-characters" },
                               class: "crayons-textfield") %>
+            <div id="<%= field.attribute_name %>-description" class="self-end fs-s">
+              <span class="screen-reader-only">Available characters used: </span>
+              <span id="<%= field.attribute_name %>-characters"></span>/<%= character_count_denominator(field["input_type"]) %>
+            </div>
           <% end %>
           <% if field.description.present? %>
             <p class="crayons-field__description"><%= field.description %></p>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/profile_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/profile_helper_spec.rb
index 6d45b9d63..74c28d493 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/profile_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/profile_helper_spec.rb
@@ -68,4 +68,14 @@ describe ProfileHelper do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "character_count_denominator" do
+    it "returns '100' when the field_type is 'text_field'" do
+      expect(helper.character_count_denominator("text_field")).to eq("100")
+    end
+
+    it "returns '200' when the field_type is 'text_area'" do
+      expect(helper.character_count_denominator("text_area")).to eq("200")
+    end
+  end
 end