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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Acid Yellow 3 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Acid Yellow 3 is a cosmetic ingredient that colours hair. The EU lists it as an allowed colorant. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Acid Yellow 3 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Acid Yellow 3 colours hair. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: hair dyeing.

hair dyeing

What other names and numbers does Acid Yellow 3 have?

CAS number
95193-83-2
EC number
305-897-5
CosIng reference
31638

Is Acid Yellow 3 restricted in the EU?

It is allowed, on a list with limits. The EU lists it as an allowed colorant, with its own conditions of use (Annex IV of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 82).

The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.

Which products contain Acid Yellow 3?

Open Beauty Facts finds Acid Yellow 3 in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and body care.

  • Shampoos5
  • Hair care4
  • Body care2
  • Body milks2
  • Shaving1
  • Aftershaves1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 10.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Acid Yellow 3 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  3. EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)

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