Normal and CursorColumn has same background color when 'let g:solarized_contrast = "low"'
This makes CursorColumn invisible.
:echo &background
dark
:hi Normal
Normal xxx ctermfg=12 ctermbg=0
:hi CursorColumn
CursorColumn xxx ctermbg=0 guibg=Grey40
:echo &background
light
:hi Normal
Normal xxx ctermfg=11 ctermbg=7
:hi CursorColumn
CursorColumn xxx ctermbg=7 guibg=Grey90
Maybe set it to 8 and 15 for dark and light?
GUI has the same problem too.