wheel / two-color grade · dominant Yellow
Orange-yellow
Group share
6%
Orange/yellow combinations, optional brown
Exact count
Not disclosed
GIA publishes group shares, not per-grade counts
Median USD per carat
$4.9k
n=13 included + 6 qualified · $1.2k–$259k · 0.48–8.56 ct · 1999–2026
Rarity-adjusted value
insufficient data
two-color grades have no published population
auction sales by intensity19 sales
- Fancy Deep$2.2k/ct · 1.03 ct · 2024
- Fancy Vivid$4.9k/ct · 0.57 ct · 2022$6.4k/ct · 0.54 ct · 1999$13.8k/ct · 1.00 ct · 2016$47.9k/ct · 5.06 ct · 2021$259k/ct · 8.56 ct · 2026$476k/ct · 24.16 ct · 2016
- Fancy Intense$1.2k/ct · 0.51 ct · 2024$1.6k/ct · 1.84 ct · 1999$1.9k/ct · 1.00 ct · 2022$2.5k/ct · 0.99 ct · 2024$2.9k/ct · 0.48 ct · 1999$3.0k/ct · 0.56 ct · 2023$4.3k/ct · 1.01 ct · 2025$6.2k/ct · 2.01 ct · 2020$8.8k/ct · 1.11 ct · 2000$9.3k/ct · 0.81 ct · 2025$9.6k/ct · 1.44 ct · 2024
- Fancy$3.8k/ct · 1.22 ct · 2002
- Fancy Light—
price by intensity
| Intensity | Included n | Median $/ct | Mean $/ct | Low – high | Since 2020 | Qualified | Study stones | Share of cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy Light | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fancy | 1 | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fancy Intense | 8 | $2.9k | $4.5k | $1.2k – $9.6k | $3.0k · n=5 | $4.3k · n=3 | — | — |
| Fancy Vivid | 4 | $10.1k | $71.1k | $4.9k – $259k | $132k · n=2 | $262k · n=2 | — | — |
| Fancy Deep | — | — | — | — | — | $2.2k · n=1 | — | — |
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Group includes three-color grades; no allocation to exact two-color grades.
related grades
auction sales13 included · 6 qualified
| ID | Intensity | Lot / stone | Carats | Clarity | Sale | Realised | USD / ct | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A23 | Fancy Intense | Orange-yellow ring Includes approximately 0.60 ct pink melee, color origin untested. | 2.01 ct | SI2 | Christie's New York online · 27 Aug 2020 | USD 12,500 $12,500 · USD as reported | $6.2k | Included | lot · result |
| A210 | Fancy Vivid | A Fancy Vivid Orange-Yellow Diamond, Colored Diamond, Diamond, and Bi-Colored Gold Ring Whole-lot price divided by target colored carat weight; mounting, accents and signature are included. Catalog flags an old report. | 0.57 ct | SI1 | Phillips New York · 6 Oct 2022 | USD 2,772 $2,772 · USD as reported | $4.9k | Included | lot |
| A322 | Fancy Intense | Oval orange-yellow diamond ring Ring with about 0.30 ct colorless accents. | 0.99 ct | VS2 | Heritage US / online; location not confirmed · 11 Jul 2024 | USD 2,500 $2,500 · USD as reported | $2.5k | Included | lot |
| A323 | Fancy Intense | Loose pear orange-yellow diamond Whole-lot result divided by target carats; setting and accent value is not deducted. | 0.51 ct | I1 | Heritage US / online; location not confirmed · 13 Aug 2024 | USD 625 $625 · USD as reported | $1.2k | Included | lot |
| A375 | Fancy Vivid | AN UNMOUNTED CIRCULAR-CUT FANCY VIVID ORANGE-YELLOW DIAMOND Loose circular-cut diamond. | 0.54 ct | Not stated | Christie's Auction location not transcribed · 14 Apr 1999 | USD 3,450 $3,450 · USD as reported | $6.4k | Included | lot |
| A393 | Fancy Intense | 0.56 ct Orange-yellow diamond Loose diamond. GIA natural origin and Fancy Intense Orange-Yellow expressly stated. | 0.56 ct | Not stated | Bonhams New York · 4 Dec 2023 | USD 1,664 $1,664 · USD as reported | $3.0k | Included | lot |
| A403 | Fancy Intense | UNMOUNTED FANCY INTENSE ORANGE-YELLOW MARQUISE-CUT DIAMOND Loose marquise diamond. | 0.48 ct | Not stated | Christie's NewYorkChristie'sEast · 11 Feb 1999 | USD 1,380 $1,380 · USD as reported | $2.9k | Included | lot |
| A404 | Fancy Intense | UNMOUNTED FANCY INTENSE ORANGE-YELLOW PEAR-SHAPED DIAMOND Loose pear-shaped diamond. | 1.84 ct | Not stated | Christie's NewYorkChristie'sEast · 7 Jun 1999 | USD 2,875 $2,875 · USD as reported | $1.6k | Included | lot |
| A405 | Fancy Intense | A FANCY INTENSE ORANGE YELLOW DIAMOND AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING Published whole-lot result divided by target diamond carats; setting and accent value is not deducted. | 1.11 ct | Not stated | Christie's Hong Kong · 31 Oct 2000 | HKD 76,375 $9,792 · FRED local units per USD; sale date | $8.8k | Included | lot · fx |
| A406 | Fancy Intense | NO RESERVE | COLORED DIAMOND PENDANT Solitaire pendant; potentially Internally Flawless is not its achieved clarity grade. | 1.44 ct | VVS2 | Christie's Auction location not transcribed · 14 Jun 2024 | USD 13,860 $13,860 · USD as reported | $9.6k | Included | lot |
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supply evidence
this exact grade
| ID | Cohort | Intensity bin | Stones | Share | Period · scope | Limits | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S074 | Orange-yellow | Individual intensity bins | — | — | Reviewed GIA papers, 2002–2025 Evidence gap for exact grade | An all-intensity hue count or pooled-family distribution does not disclose this exact hue’s distribution. Blank numeric cells mean unavailable, not zero. | See GIA Evidence hue cohorts |
evidence
R09
G1
Orange/yellow combinations, optional brown6%Exact count not stated
Several hundred thousand yellow/orange submissions · Pre-2020 study; nearly a decade
Group includes three-color grades; no allocation to exact two-color grades.