Official EU label nameGlossary entry 28115

SUNSET YELLOW

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence

Markets checked

Markets with evidence

Evidence gaps

Resolved identifiers

Resolved substance identity

CAS:2783-94-0

EC:220-491-7

Ingredient index records:

SUNSET YELLOW

Cosmetic functions: COLORANT

Sunset Yellow is classed chemically as a monoazo color. It conforms to the formula. (To identify the colorant allowed for use in the European Union (EU), the INCI Name CI 15985 must be used, except for hair dye products).

Inventory restriction note: IV/31

Open full local profile Verify in official CosIng

1 matched or reported name

SUNSET YELLOW

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name SUNSET YELLOW.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Check the markets and their sources Search every market for this name

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 2783-94-0

CAS 2783-94-0PubChem CID 17730

FD&C yellow 6

Sunset Yellow FCF is an organic molecular entity. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: disodium;6-hydroxy-5-[(4-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]naphthalene-2-sulfonate

Molecular formula: C16H10N2Na2O7S2
Molecular weight: 452.4 g/mol
Exact mass: 451.97248157 Da
Topological polar surface area: 176.0 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 9
Covalent units: 3
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

RefChem:1085314Sunset Yellow FCFFood yellow 3Sunset yellowC.I. Food Yellow 3Orange Yellow SFD&C Yellow No. 6Gelborange-S

16 more reported names

FD&C yellow no.6C.I. Direct Yellow 11FD & C Yellow No. 6Food Yellow No.5E110Dye FDC Yellow No. 6Food Yellow No. 5C.I. 15985Sunset Yellow LakeCI 15985Sodium 6-hydroxy-5-((4-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl)naphthalene-2-sulfonateFD and C Yellow No. 6Sunset Yellow (E110)H77VEI93A8Sunset red pigment2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 6-hydroxy-5-((p-sulfophenyl)azo)-, disodium salt

Open full PubChem record PubChem annotations 3D structure image

External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:82538
ChEMBL:CHEMBL1371409
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6021456
PubMed:10117

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

Additional authoritative substance research

Each link searches that source for this identity. A link is a research route, not a claim that the source holds an exact record. What each source is, and its legal weight

Cosmetic Ingredient Review safety assessments FDA Global Substance Registration System ILO/WHO International Chemical Safety Cards Japan NITE-CHRIP NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards OECD eChemPortal US EPA CompTox CTX APIs

Take this record further

Screen in a formula Open standalone comparison

Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

Open official Decision