Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII I844A312T7 · registered name HC YELLOW NO. 5 · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan · United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 1285
Restriction II/1285
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: HC Yellow No. 5
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of HC Yellow No. 5
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ＨＣ黄５: 本品は、次の化学式で表される頭髪用染料である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 56932-44-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 260-450-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4043939
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2023939
- IUPAC
- 2-(2-Amino-4-nitroanilino)ethan-1-ol
- Molecular formula
- C8H11N3O3
- Molecular weight
- 197.194 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 1 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Dye1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 18
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU prohibited substances (Annex II)
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Tlooto literature search 2
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata