A silver halide color photographic material which comprises at least one dye-forming coupler represented by formula (II) ##STR15## wherein H--Z-- represents an unsubstituted amino group or an aliphatic amino, aromatic amino, or heterocyclic amino group, which may be substituted, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an electron-donating group, l and m each are 0 or 1, provided that l+m.gtoreq.1, k is 0 or 1, Y represents --CO-- or SO.sub.2 --, R.sup.4 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an amino group, an aliphatic amino group, an aromatic amino group, an aliphatic oxy group, or an aromatic oxy group, and X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic or aromatic oxy group, an aliphatic or aromatic thio group, an aliphatic or aromatic oxycarbonyloxy group, an aliphatic or aromatic carbonyloxy group, or an aliphatic or aromatic sulfonyloxy group that is capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a developing agent.