BASIC YELLOW 57
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 3108
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
BASIC YELLOW 57: Allowed with restrictions, maximum 2.0% in the ready-for-use preparation, only in: Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products (Annex III, entry 262), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration and the product types allowed. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
- Entry
- Annex III, No 262
- Substance
- Benzenaminium, 3-[(4,5-dihydro- 3-methyl-5-oxo-1-phenyl-1H- pyrazol-4-yl)azo]-N,N,Ntrimethyl-, chloride
- Glossary names
- BASIC YELLOW 57
- CAS
- 68391-31-1
- EC
- 269-943-5
- Product type
- Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products
- Maximum concentration
- 2,0%
Dates in the act (4)
- Application from 11 July 2013
etic products (1), and in particular Article 31(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 replacing Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (2) will apply from 11 July 2013.
- Entry into force on 31 July 2013
- Application from 1 September 2013
It shall apply from 1 September 2013.
- Entry into force on 1 September 2013
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 32085
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 68391-31-1
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 269-943-5
- Declared functions
- Hair dyeing
- Wikidata
- Q27260203
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.063.565
- InChIKey
- OEBNANSLCQFWQH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Allowed colorant: 염기성황색 57 호 (Basic Yellow 57) CI 12719 (Basic Yellow 57)
색소 고시 별표 1 (allowed colorants), entry 108, page 5. Limit: 2%. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 염모용 화장품에만 사용 | ◎ 사용한도 2% | 비고: 타르색소
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
4 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.