Disclosed are a salt represented by formula (I), and a method for producing the salt, and a quencher and a resist composition comprising the same: wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrocarbon group, and —CH2— included in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—; R3, R4 and R5 each represent a halogen atom, an alkyl fluoride group or a hydrocarbon group, and —CH2— included in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—; m3 represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when m3 is 2, two R3 may be the same or different from each other; and m4 and m5 represent an integer of 0 to 5, and when m4 and/or m5 is/are 2 or more, a plurality of R4 and/or a plurality of R5 may be the same or different from each other.