The cloth cover of Bram Stoker’s first edition of Dracula was yellow.
The first British edition was published by Archibald Constable and Company in 1897. Its original cloth binding was yellow, with the title and other lettering stamped in red. That striking color combination became one of the most recognizable visual features of the book’s publishing history.
The first edition was a hardcover of roughly 390 pages and was issued in an initial run of about 3,000 copies. Surviving examples can look darker, faded, or soiled because yellow cloth is vulnerable to handling, light, and age. Some copies have also been rebound, so not every antique Dracula volume retains the original appearance.
The red lettering is sometimes confused with the cover color, and later reprints or international editions used different bindings. The question refers specifically to the original 1897 cloth-covered edition, not to every edition of Stoker’s novel or to modern movie tie-ins.