100 ans de tour (Site of the Day - Jul 31, 2013) — UI design breakdown

100ansdetour.fr is a friendly data-visualization to discover statistics from all Tour de France editions since 1903. Created for the Tour's birthday, it uses a huge hand made database and will teach you some interesting statistics of the year you want. Sourced from Awwwards. Use this page as a UI breakdown: reverse-engineer hierarchy, color roles, and interaction cues before you remix ideas into your own screens.

• Study how 100 ans de tour separates primary actions from secondary content—note spacing, type scale, and focal contrast. Recognized as Site of the Day - Jul 31, 2013.
• Extracted palette (#000, #FFFFFF, #ECD06F): check which hues carry brand vs utility chrome.
• Darkest #ECD06F vs lightest #FFFFFF sits around 1.5:1, which is soft—better for backgrounds than small body copy.
• Ask: what would break first if this layout were a product dashboard—navigation clarity, scan order, or color contrast?
• Related themes: Sports, Flat Design, Fullscreen, Graphic design, Single page, Unusual Navigation.