Lithocarpus luteus is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The specific epithet luteus means 'golden yellow', referring to the acorn's indumentum.
Lithocarpus luteus grows as a tree up to 40m (130feet) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 100cm (00inches) and buttresses measuring up to 2m (07feet) high. The reddish brown bark is fissured to scaly and lenticellate. Its coriaceous leaves measure up to 27cm (11inches) long. The brown acorns are ovoid to roundish, covered in golden yellow hairs, and measure up to 2.50NaN0 across.
Lithocarpus luteus is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp to montane forests from 500m (1,600feet) to 1800m (5,900feet) elevation.