# HC YELLOW NO. 12

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_59320_13_7
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: Hair dyeing, Colourant
Identifier: 59320-13-7

> HC YELLOW NO. 12: Used in cosmetics as a hair dye. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 7 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Critical concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is banned in EU cosmetics.
- Rationale: 2-[(4-Chloro-2-nitrophenyl)amino]ethanol (HC Yellow No 12) and its salts, when used as a substance in hair dye products is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Cosmetics Regulation annex II / ref 1325.
- EU: Active — Restriction: II/1325
- EU: banned — Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/31170
- EU CosIng Cosmetics Regulation Annexes (updated 2010-10-21): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/reference/annexes/list/II
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated 2020-02-13): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.details_v2&id=34216
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:0R186XLJ29
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5182864

_Assessed by Greenveil._