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HC Yellow 4

CAS 59820-43-8

HC Yellow 4 chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

HC Yellow 4 in plain language

What it is

Also known as Hc yellow no. 4 · N,O-DI(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-2-AMINO-5-NITROPHENOL · 2-(3-NITRO-6-(.BETA.-HYDROXYETHYLAMINO)PHENOXY)ETHANOL · Colipa B038 · Colorex HCY4 · Colorex HCY 4

Show all 15 names

Ethanol, 2-((2-(2-HYDROXYETHOXY)-4-NITROPHENYL)AMINO)- · HC Giallo 4 · HC Jaune 4 · HC amarillo 4 · N, O-Di(hydroxyethyl)-2-amino-5-nitrophenol · NCI-C56019 · Phenol, N,O-DI(HYDROXYETHYL)-2-AMINO-5-NITRO- · Rodol 2G Y4 · UNII-0N97D5G157

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

  • Colourant
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. HC Yellow 4 appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye.
    • 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.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for HC Yellow 4 yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-03-22

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed HC Yellow 4 in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

2

Typical roles

Colourant
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include HC Yellow 4; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.