Provided is a rinse-off-type hair cosmetic composition used by being applied to hair and then washed away, the hair cosmetic composition comprising: the ingredients (A) to (C) below, and water, wherein a molar ratio of the ingredient (B) to the ingredient (A), (B)/(A), is less than 3, and a mass ratio of the ingredient (C) to the ingredient (A), (C)/(A), is less than 1: (A) an amido-cationic surfactant represented by formula (1) wherein R 1 represents a C 11-17 -alkyl group or alkenyl group, R 2 represents a C 2-4 -alkylene group, R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 independently represent a C 1-3 -alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or hydroxyalkyl group, and X - represents an anion； (B) a fatty alcohol having 14 to 18 carbon atoms； and (C) a silicone.
