A material for fuel cell separator, wherein a surface layer 6 containing Au and Cr is formed on a surface of a Ti base 2, and an intermediate layer 2a containing Ti, O, Cr, and less than 20 atomic % of Au is present between the Ti base and the surface layer, a thickness of an area containing 65 atomic % or more of Au being 1.5 nm or more, a maximum concentration of Au being 80 atomic % or more, a coating amount of Au being 9000 to 40000 ng/cm2, a ratio represented by (Au coating amount)/(Cr coating amount) being 10 or more, a coating amount of Cr being 200 ng/cm2 or more, and in the intermediate layer having an area containing 10% or more of Ti, 10% or more of O and 20% or more of Cr being 1 nm or more.