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C.I. Solvent Yellow 56

CAS 2481-94-9

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

87986-73-0 · 12227-52-0 · 111146-18-0

C.I. Solvent Yellow 56 chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

C.I. Solvent Yellow 56 in plain language

What it is

Also known as Solvent yellow 56 · CI 11021 · CI solvent yellow 56 · Diethyl yellow · N,N-DIETHYL-4-AMINOAZOBENZENE · N,N-Diethyl-4-(phenyldiazenyl)aniline

Show all 24 names

N,N-diethyl-4-phenyldiazenylaniline · P-(diethylamino)azobenzene · 4-(Diethylamino)azobenzene · 4-(N,N-DIETHYLAMINO)AZOBENZENE · 4-(PHENYLAZO)-N,N-DIETHYLANILINE · 4-Diethylaminoazobenzene · Aizen SOT Yellow 1 · Akrodye Oil Yellow 6 · Aniline, N,N-diethyl-p-(phenylazo)- · Benzenamine, N,​N-​diethyl-​4-​(2-​phenyldiazenyl)​- · C.I. 11021 · Diethylaminoazobenzene · Fat yellow ggn · N,N-DIETHYL-4-(PHENYLAZO)ANILINE · N,N-Diethyl-4-(phenylazo)benzenamine · Oil Yellow GE · benzenamine, n,n-diethyl-4- (2-phenyldiazenyl)- · organic dyes (yellow)

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. C.I. Solvent Yellow 56 appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 23 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 23 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Cleaning products and household care. 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 C.I. Solvent Yellow 56 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 January 7, 2008

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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 C.I. Solvent Yellow 56 in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

23

Named organisations

3

Raw materialsCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

Colourant
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