People who haven’t experienced this irl won’t know from the sim - most runway markings are very reflective, literally designed with faceted material that makes them so.
Even if you can’t quite yet make out the pavement on short final (you will by the time you’re in the flare), you can start to see the closer numbers, centerline, touchdown zone, threshold markings, etc from there.
Btw, the lack of contrast between white markings and light-colored pavements (like concrete) calls for a fairly thin black outline around the markings. This really makes them pop, day and night. I have a wishlist/fix thread regarding that. This also covers well as how ridiculously thin the centerline stripes are, small the numbers are, etc, which plays heavily into visual landing cues.